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Bergen County Historical Society : the Water Yoke

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the staff of the Ridgewood blog

River Edge NJ, in the  Bergen County Historical Society’s Friday’s Fare post from Historic New Bridge Landing the Bergen County Historical Society focused on a device called  the Water Yoke . Given the near draught conditions in the county the Water Yoke could be making a comeback .Water was  so important in any 18th century Out Kitchen; boiling & scalding, soups & stews, rising & washing, and just in case, a bucketful to douse a fire. Never taken for granted, it always needs to be carried in. Over the OK east window hangs a shoulder yoke, and n the 18th century, it may have been a older child’s job to haul water several times daily, even more on laundry day.

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