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Post# 57620   2/18/2005 at 12:54 (6,999 days old) by mrcleanjeans (milwaukee wi)   |   | |
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Who has the OLDEST automatic dishwasher, and how well does it work? |
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Post# 57633 , Reply# 1   2/18/2005 at 15:20 (6,999 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)   |   | |
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Seems like sometime late last summer or early fall someone posted a picture of a Miele from the 1920's. Louis? It was really pretty and very functional looking. |
Post# 57668 , Reply# 2   2/19/2005 at 08:33 (6,998 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 57669 , Reply# 3   2/19/2005 at 08:47 (6,998 days old) by kenmore1978 ()   |   | |
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and i don't think it was automatic |
Post# 57683 , Reply# 4   2/19/2005 at 13:16 (6,998 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)   |   | |
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Post# 57693 , Reply# 5   2/19/2005 at 15:58 (6,998 days old) by gedish1947 ()   |   | |
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the oldest automatic dishwasher I think is a 1938 Hotpoint. |
Post# 57711 , Reply# 6   2/19/2005 at 19:55 (6,998 days old) by fixerman ()   |   | |
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I think Robert's Apex has 1948 or there abouts stamped on the motor. Robert can confirm this. I suppose the machine could be 1948 or a year or two later. |
Post# 57776 , Reply# 7   2/20/2005 at 18:28 (6,997 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 57809 , Reply# 9   2/20/2005 at 23:20 (6,996 days old) by kenmore1978 ()   |   | |
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So Robert, did you ever or do you plan to restore the water heating aspect of the Apex? |
Post# 57819 , Reply# 10   2/21/2005 at 05:52 (6,996 days old) by mikepaquette ()   |   | |
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This is the oldest one I have. Just moved it to the basement for storage. Michael |
Post# 57825 , Reply# 11   2/21/2005 at 08:02 (6,996 days old) by CHRISTFR (st louis mo)   |   | |
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Post# 57826 , Reply# 12   2/21/2005 at 08:26 (6,996 days old) by cehalstead (Charleston, WV)   |   | |
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If I can find the magazine, I have a full color ad from 1938 for the Hotpoint dishwasher and complete Hotpoint kitchen....will send it to be considered for POD..... |
Post# 57856 , Reply# 13   2/21/2005 at 17:40 (6,996 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Many of the early dishwashers (Hotpoint, GE, etc.) were not automatic. They were "hands free" washing, but you had to control the fill, wash, drain, etc. manually. I have some very old service stuff from GE that details the construction and operation - it's very interesting... I believe most of the Youngstown models were gravity drain until they came out with the front loading models where pumps were optional. The earliest dishwasher I have is a 56 GE Mobile Maid, quite a lot of refinements since the 30's for sure, but still the performance pales in comparison to modern machines - I'm beginning to wonder though from some of the reports about new models! |
Post# 57880 , Reply# 14   2/21/2005 at 21:27 (6,995 days old) by cehalstead (Charleston, WV)   |   | |
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The Hotpoint Electric Sink (1952 model..was POD several weeks ago) that I grew up with had a gravity drain dishwasher. The drain was even a separate "Y" connection that joined the main drain in the basement. |
Post# 57970 , Reply# 15   2/22/2005 at 14:20 (6,995 days old) by runematic (southcentral pa)   |   | |
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