Washing machines still haven’t sunk America’s last washboard maker. Bluegrass musicians are among the customers keeping the Columbus Washboard Co. afloat.
The Columbus Washboard Co. sells thousands of the wood-and-corrugated-steel boards to musicians, home decorators and back-to-basics consumers/ Photographs by Maddie McGarvey for The Wall Street Journalwashing machinesAs America’s last washboard-maker, the company controls the market, holding a monopoly with a steely grip and so far clean of
. Four employees churn out roughly 11,000 washboards a year in the basement of a former G.C. Murphy discount variety store. A popular pail-size model sells for $27.49.
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