Plan of a bathing machine

Plan of a bathing machine

Historical Background

Plan of a cheap and simple rolling bathing machine consisting of a light framework covered with canvas “as used on the coast of France” from the archives of the Brighton Improvement Commissioners, c 1820s.

The Brighton Improvement Commissioners were established by an Act of 1773, which gave them powers of paving, lighting and cleansing the roads of the town, of holding a market, of defending the town against the sea, of nuisance prevention and removal and of levying duties on coal.

Plan of a bathing machine in use at Brighton, 1820 (ESRO, DB/B/73/7)
Copy of a plan of a bathing machine which was sent to Canada from the archives of the Brighton Borough Engineer and Surveyor’s department, 1894 (ESRO, DB/D/46/606)
Rolling bathing machines at Hastings Beach by Robert Havell, early 19th century © Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, cat. 5
  • Origin

Brighton

  • Date details

1820

  • Size

19.5 x 21 CM

  • Institution

East Sussex Record Office

  • Original reference

DB/B/73/7

  • Period

Early modern Period

  • Thematic

Tourism and culture

Location

Brighton – East Sussex Record Office

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