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Post# 331679 2/22/2009 at 09:57 (5,534 days old) by mistereric  (New Jersey (Taylor Ham)) |
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Hi everyone! I was just alerted to a laundromat in a vacant building in Little Falls NJ that is being disasembled and scrapped this upcoming week. It contains some top load machines, some large brown dryers, some stainless steel front loaders and some turquoise norge machines. There is also signage! I don't have much more information other than that, but I know the owner plans to scrap the machines and is willing to get rid of them to collectors. The signage might go on ebay, or it might be offered to us for reasonable prices if we are nice. I am going to visit the location this afternoon and take some photos of the place. Stay tuned! | ||
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Post# 331680 , Reply# 1 2/22/2009 at 10:01 (5,534 days old) by mistereric (New Jersey (Taylor Ham)) |
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the only picture so far | ||
| Post# 331716 , Reply# 3 2/22/2009 at 13:38 (5,534 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
Ooooohhhh. | ||
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Post# 331725 , Reply# 4 2/22/2009 at 14:10 (5,534 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 331728 , Reply# 5 2/22/2009 at 14:47 (5,534 days old) by sudsman () | ||
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The machines in the background Are Drycleaners , Perk dry to dry units.. doubt if they run at all .. | ||
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Post# 331782 , Reply# 6 2/22/2009 at 21:11 (5,534 days old) by mistereric (New Jersey (Taylor Ham)) |
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Here's the info...
Apparently the place was in use until a few weeks ago. Its very run-down. There are still two sets of turquoise Norge dry-cleaning machines. All are missing their coin trays and motors. I believe this was part of the decommisioning these machines underwent for their impending removal. A large fluid tank had already been removed. I didn't find out when the machines were decommsioned. The opposite side of the place had a long row of Maytag top loaders, 3 dexter front loaders, a large Speed Queen unit, and a row of Norge dryers. I was surprised to find washed laundry in one of the machines and one of the upstairs residents came down and moved it to a dryer. Even tho the machines all seemed to be very worn out and abandoned, several were apparently still usable. The last dryer had apparently gone on fire at some point recently. Someone had dried something covered in oils and the thing had burst into flames. Yikes. Several of the Maytags had Out-Of-Order signs on them, and a few must have had water sitting in them for eons. It looks like this place will be dismantled this week. If anyone has any interest, let me know. I am pretty sure you'll be underwhelmed. The only useful thing might be some of the Maytags, but they are commercial and low-capacity. The dryers still work, but qualify for the MOST worn out dryers I have ever seen. Also, they are enourmous. Pictures are at the link below. CLICK HERE TO GO TO mistereric's LINK | ||
| Post# 331789 , Reply# 7 2/22/2009 at 22:19 (5,533 days old) by toggleswitch2 () | ||
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ALLZ I CAN SEZ IZ WOWZ! | ||
| Post# 331795 , Reply# 8 2/22/2009 at 22:39 (5,533 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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| Post# 331800 , Reply# 9 2/23/2009 at 00:15 (5,533 days old) by frontaloadotmy (the cool gay realm) | ||
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Oh get me a Dexter and a big Speed Queen Please!!! | ||
| Post# 331826 , Reply# 10 2/23/2009 at 04:04 (5,533 days old) by sudsman () | ||
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The drycleaners Cannot be used as regular washers as they have no water valves nor drain valves.. a overflow fluid trap was used for those machines and their was no actual level of perk in the machine. Fluid was pumped from the filters thru the machine . | ||
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Post# 331865 , Reply# 11 2/23/2009 at 09:19 (5,533 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 331878 , Reply# 12 2/23/2009 at 09:36 (5,533 days old) by mistereric (New Jersey (Taylor Ham)) |
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Post# 331980 , Reply# 13 2/23/2009 at 20:05 (5,533 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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I'd love a motor set  | ||
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Post# 331983 , Reply# 14 2/23/2009 at 20:10 (5,533 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Norge Dry Cleaning | ||
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Post# 331984 , Reply# 15 2/23/2009 at 20:15 (5,533 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Self-Drycleaners
Unless one counts those "Dryel" packets, are pretty much if not totally gone. Local and federal regulations regarding safety, health and air pretty much doomed Norge type operations. Indeed dry cleaners in many areas are having a hard time right now regarding their chief solvent "Perc". California is considering banning the substance, and you cannot open a new dry cleaners in many areas if you are going to use Perc, due to landlord fears about the stuff getting into the air and thus traveling to other parts of the building. In places such as NYC, where many dry cleaners are located on the ground floor of apartment buildings, this is a major concern. Oh, it also does not help that there are hundreds of "toxic waste" sites where former dry cleaning stores essentially dumped chemicals into the ground. L. | ||
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