Tag:historic=lavoir
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A disused lavoir mapped for its historical value. 
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A lavoir is a public place for washing laundry manually, i.e. by hand. Many of the disused ones are part of the heritage of a town or village and have been restored to teach visitors about this laboursome way of dealing with laundry.
How to map
Add a node or draw the area of the washing place and add historic=. Depending on the circumstances, you might need to add a building=* tag.
There might also be tourism=information boards nearby which would be useful to map.
Many wash houses are recorded on Wikimedia (Category:Wash houses), so it might be worth checking there and adding the wikimedia_commons=* for the wash house/ lavoir.
Gallery
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Lavoir de Calleville, Charluber, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons -
à Noailhac (Corrèze), Marianne Casamance, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons -
Old wash houses in Tigeaux, Davric, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons -
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Hyppolyte de Saint-Rambert, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
See also
amenity=lavoirfor still in use placesamenity=washing_machinefor self-service machinesshop=laundryfor a place that offers the service or self-service of washing your clothes with washing machines