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Thread Number: 72447
/ Tag: Vintage Dryers
Is this Cook/Aldry dryer a Huebsch? and ramblings about rare/extinct commercial equipment |
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| Post# 957351 , Reply# 1 9/13/2017 at 05:47 (2,414 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
 Roundabout 1953 I stopped into the 'shopping center' laundry on the way walking home from second grade. They got used to me hanging around, eventually let me play with the Cook Washettes. All they did was fill, tumble and drain. All manual, down to the faucet handles that let water in. Then there was the Bock extractor but I wasn't allowed anywhere near it. Reminded me of Grandma and the Thor wringer before she got the Spindryer. | ||
| Post# 957387 , Reply# 2 9/13/2017 at 12:14 (2,414 days old) by Laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
I remember these from a now gone place in Baltimore named The County Tub. They had Aldwash,Aldry,Aldspin and Philco Bendix,Norge and also had Philco Bendix drycleaning machines. The Aldry models look similar to the Cissel line of laundry equipment. The Huebsch models were identified by a lever that you adjusted the tumble speed with depending on the size of the loads.I always look for the "Launderama"machines. I haven't seen one in decades. Westinghouse motor where the backpanel was and a shot style door you raised up to load. No door lock. No soap dispenser. One way spin that would slow down from the weight of the clothes once wet. All stainless steel and easy to service. The place the Launderama were was called "Sudsville". Their other two Laundromats had Frigidaire Jet Action top loaders and a Frigidaire drycleaning pair in turquoise.
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Post# 957410 , Reply# 3 9/13/2017 at 16:34 (2,414 days old) by Yogitunes  (New Jersey) |
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I had to drive by a local laundromat here today, as I remember these style dryers....
and through the front window, you could see two walls of these dryers still in use..... based on the colors, I would say they are still the same units since we used to go there when I was a kid.....a place where every machine was named on the front.. this place used to feature Speed Queen solid tub Tlers......now its all FLers.... | ||
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Post# 957412 , Reply# 4 9/13/2017 at 16:43 (2,414 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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@ Laundromat | ||
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Post# 957439 , Reply# 5 9/13/2017 at 21:24 (2,414 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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| Post# 957541 , Reply# 7 9/14/2017 at 14:10 (2,413 days old) by Laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
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| Post# 957546 , Reply# 8 9/14/2017 at 14:52 (2,413 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
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