Thread Number: 7704
OLd Hospital Laundry pix |
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Post# 149740 , Reply# 1   8/21/2006 at 18:44 (6,429 days old) by sudsman ()   |   | |
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Troy washer |
Post# 149741 , Reply# 2   8/21/2006 at 18:47 (6,429 days old) by sudsman ()   |   | |
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from around 1960 Washers are Prosperity 60 lb machines Very modern for the day. |
Post# 149743 , Reply# 3   8/21/2006 at 18:50 (6,429 days old) by sudsman ()   |   | |
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Taken around 59 2 400 lb American Washers 2 basement levels below ground. |
Post# 149746 , Reply# 4   8/21/2006 at 19:01 (6,429 days old) by sudsman ()   |   | |
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From his laundry days Look close the washer is a old wood washer most likely around 1900 |
Post# 149784 , Reply# 6   8/21/2006 at 21:54 (6,429 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Extractor could also have been brought in as parts and assembled/bolted on site. Can only imagine the damp, hot and humid conditons of a laundry located in a second level sub-basement. You'll notice each laundry has an extractor, which we can assume the washers only washed and or spun very slowly, if at all. Had an ironing table similar to the one in the last photo built in my laundry area for doing linens. Can do large bed sheets, table cloths and the like faster than using my ironers. Still cannot imagine ironing an entire daily hospital's worth of linens that way. |