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World’s Largest Washboard in Logan, Ohio

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World’s Largest Washboard in Logan, Ohio
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In 1895, Frederic Martin founded the Columbus Washboard Company in its namesake city. At its peak in 1941, the company built and sold 1,287,757 washboards to fulfill a growing need. Beyond laundry, the washboards are also used as decorative pieces, furniture accents, and a good old-fashioned American Bluegrass musical instrument.
The company found success in Columbus for over a century until it was sold and relocated to an empty factory near the Hocking Hills region of the state in 1999. At this

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