Ohio inventions and firsts · Company innovation · 1895; Logan since 1999
Columbus Washboard Company, last US washboard maker
Founded in 1895 near Columbus, the company moved to 4 E. Main Street in Logan in 1999. Its own history says it is the only washboard maker still operating in the United States, and it made over 1.2 million boards at its 1941 peak.
At a glance
- Year
- 1895; Logan since 1999
- Company
- Columbus Washboard Company
- Place
- Logan, Hocking County ZIP 43138 · Logan · Hocking County
Why it matters
Keeps a 19th-century household manufacturing craft alive using equipment from the 1900s.
Sources
Confidence. Medium: the main facts were confirmed, but some details (often an address or ZIP code) were not.