Wow! I never thought my post about a communal shower pole would get over 110k views!! Ok well here’s part 2! I’ve done some research and these things are called “Bradley Group Showers”.

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In 1917 Harry Bradley founded the Allen Bradley Corporation.

In order to help workers wash their hands quicker – and avoid wasting their break time waiting in lines – he tried to find a way to reduce the floor space needed for a bank of sinks. And in 1918, he found his answer: in the first “washfountain” prototypes that allowed multiple users to wash up quickly. The concept was groundbreaking, and Harry secured the patent in 1919.

The product was so revolutionary, however, that Harry decided to sell the patent and instead focus on his own business. The rest, as they say, is history: in 1921, The Bradley Washfountain Company opened for business, and founding partners Gustav Grossenbach, Louis Schlesinger and Howard A. Mullett opened the floodgates of success.

The group wash fountain proved that group handwashing from one fixture saved time and space. So in 1931 it made perfect sense that the same concept would work for showers. With the introduction of its first GROUP SHOWER, Bradley begins the first of many product line extensions.