Rain King sprinkler

Chicago Flexible Shaft Company (American manufacturer, 1893 CE-) manufacturer|Roach, Finis E. (American inventor, active ca. 1920-1939) inventor

Culture: American

agricultural equipment; historic landscapes; estates (agricultural); country houses; Hudson River, United States; historic farms

Rain King sprinklers were part of the Sunbeam line of the Chicago Flexible Shaft Co. The design was officially patented in 1925, but it had been in production as early as 1922. An adjustable hand wheel offered customers the option to lock in a stationary water stream, or turn it the other way for a revolving spray from the two nozzles. Sunbeam eventually became a well known home appliance brand.

creation: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Repository: Montgomery Place (American repository, 1802 CE-), Annandale-on-Hudson, Dutchess, New York, United States

Bard College, Montgomery Place Collection

1920-1925 (creation)

Sponberg-Paraday, Livia (photographer)

Prior written permission required to use any photograph from the Bard College Montgomery
Place Collection.

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cast iron; bronze (metal) (bearings)

height 4.25 inches; width 5.5 inches

lawn sprinkler

Classification: tools; garden tools; agricultural equipment; object (utilitarian)

Order Number: 900000

Image Number: 21992296