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Nomad brand ‘walking’ lawn sprinkler

Nomad1959

National Museum of Australia

National Museum of Australia
Canberra, Australia

Tractor-like 'walking' lawn sprinkler with a green painted cast-metal chassis and a pair of faded orange cast metal wheels on the back axle.

A rotating copper tube sprinkler arm, which is missing a spray nozzle from one end, is attached horizontally to the top of the body at a brass T-piece. A rearward and upward facing arm is attached to an axle that extends from both sides of the body. The arms link the water-driven gearbox inside the body to ratchets on the rims of the back wheels to propel the tractor. "Nomad" is cast in relief on the right side of the body. The steering front wheel is in two parts, which create an inverted U-shaped channel between them so that the wheel can follow the hose to which the sprinkler is attached. A non-original grey plastic hose attachment is screwed onto the back inlet of the tractor.

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