my first memory of washing machines was my grandmothers, she had one out in the shed that was powered by a gas engine. just wrap the rope around the starter hub and give it a tug. she filled the water with a water hose connected out by the shed. any hot water was boiled on the stove and brought to the washer. she'd roll out the drain hose into the edge of the field.
when it had washed she'd stop the motor and roll over the ringer mounted on another tube, fill up the tub with water, run the clothes through the ringer, into the clear water, rinse and ring again, then out to the clothes line to hang.
and Will you know those frozen clothes out on the line, I found out one day, when you shoot them with a BB gun, it pops a tiny little BB size hole right in them. just like shooting a sheet of ice.
course I paid fer that with a belt on the backside.