No. 90327833
WD Allen - Working tool
No. 90327833
WD Allen - Working tool
Fantastic original working 1937 Allen Red Arrow space age sprinkler.
W. D. Allen’s cast-iron “Red Arrow” lawn sprinkler first blasted off in the late 1930s, taking on an eventual space-rocket shape that landed it somewhere between the trends of Streamline Moderne and Atomic Age design. Patented by a company engineer named John George Evans, this model was described as “a practical sprinkler of the rotary type” in one Allen catalog, which also warned that its 70-foot spray range made it better suited to “large lawns, estates, cemeteries, parks, and golf greens. . . . DO NOT USE FOR SMALL LAWNS.” Wouldn’t want to put someone’s eye out!
Source: https://www.madeinchicagomuseum.com/single-post/w-d-allen/
Vintage lawn sprinklers are great collectibles. Along with collecting them for their unique shapes, they can also be used for their intended purpose: watering one’s lawn or garden.
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