The photo features a "wash pot". It should not to be confused with a "wash tub". The wash pot usually had a fire built under it for cooking or cleaning. The wash pot was made of iron, while the wash tub was made of steel coated with zinc......or sometimes they were made of tin. They could not hold up under a hot fire.
Here are examples of wash pot uses: making apple sauce, washing clothes, making lye soap, boiling water for dipping dead chickens in before picking off feathers, frying certain foods for large gatherings, etc. They were useful tools and just about everyone had one or more.
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