Now you know exactly what the first dishwasher I ever used looked like. The one that flooded the kitchen twice. Once when the water valve stuck, once when I put washer detergent in it. The next (57) wasn't much different except it never flooded.
The good old ramp-and-baffle 4-blade bakelite impeller sitting directly atop the motor shaft. The good old motor-current relay that turned the water off. 2 washes, 2 detergent compartments, 2 rinses. Water entered from a sprinkler at the top, which probably rinsed better than the subsequent side entrys. I'm pretty sure it had a standalone pump. I'd be absolutely sure if it had ever given a problem.
We had no performance complaints. BUT back then detergents were packed with phosphates AND I was taught to douche all the lumps off, leaving only a film of grease for the machine to remove which it did handily.
Oh, at the time I was 8yo and venturing into repairing the 1949 Laundromat. Thoze werr da daze.
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