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Post# 153584   9/10/2006 at 16:32 (6,409 days old) by sudsman ()        

These are old ship laudry Pix I have been given over the years . Some tell where they were taken,,




Post# 153585 , Reply# 1   9/10/2006 at 16:34 (6,409 days old) by sudsman ()        
Flatwork Ironer

Da Boys handling the flatwork ironer like old pros.

Post# 153586 , Reply# 2   9/10/2006 at 16:36 (6,409 days old) by sudsman ()        
Taken in 2000 but equipt from the 60s

Wash only washer and extractor steam dryer

Post# 153587 , Reply# 3   9/10/2006 at 16:39 (6,409 days old) by sudsman ()        
Not Sure about this one

Pix was given to me by soap rep in the early 70's

Post# 153647 , Reply# 4   9/11/2006 at 04:09 (6,409 days old) by sudsman ()        
Last pic

I think it was a over seas vessel

Post# 153648 , Reply# 5   9/11/2006 at 04:13 (6,409 days old) by gregm ()        
hi

hey, those are really cool, thanks for sharing them :)

Post# 153658 , Reply# 6   9/11/2006 at 07:22 (6,408 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)        

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thanks for sharing, very interesting.

Steve


Post# 154097 , Reply# 7   9/13/2006 at 07:43 (6,406 days old) by mattywashboy (Perth, Western Australia)        
ships laundry

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a cool one from england, one of the queens ships (can't remember name lol). Has some pretty cool machines, and a nice box of Persil :)
Enjoy, Matt
xx


Post# 154100 , Reply# 8   9/13/2006 at 08:08 (6,406 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)        

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I want a Hydro Extractor!

Post# 154204 , Reply# 9   9/13/2006 at 18:56 (6,406 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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I remeber the first pic, IIRC it had been posted prior. Only I believe I recall seeing a domestic(for home use) GE FF on a dolly (board and wheels) between the front-loader and the horizontal machine.

Post# 154897 , Reply# 10   9/16/2006 at 13:54 (6,403 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

In the picture from one of the Queen's ships, notice the life preserver right under the porthole. Could the laundry flood that badly or was the life preserver carried from below deck to keep one afloat in case of a need to abandon ship? Does anyone remember the Abbott & Costello or 3 Stooges film where they were sent to work in the ship's laundry? One was told to load the bedding into the washer, so he sees the porthole and, thinking it was the washer door, opens it and winds up pushing all of the linens into the ocean? I guess it must have been in post-Bendix times so that the porthole was a familiar laundry icon.

I wonder if they can operate this equipment in heavy seas? Might the water spill out of the side loaders?

In the shot of the laundry room of the USS Slater, does anyone know about the piece of equipment in the corner? It looks like it is connected to a blower on the deck. Aside from probably a pretty low rank and little chance for advancement, I wonder if a member of the service can volunteer for laundry room duty? I wonder if that's in the Quartermaster's Corps? The heat is terrible, but if, G-d forbid, even people as old as I were needed for national service, I would not mind working to keep people in clean clothes.

A friend who crosses on the QEII tells me of very nice free laundries with regular domestic machines for the passengers' use. That would be the ultimate convention for us. We would keep the laundry running the whole time (how do they have so much laundry the first morning out?), except when we were touring the ship's laundry. We could show videos of various members' collections and machines operating on large screens. We could have one of those large chalk boards located in the passengers' laundry where our cruise director would post our group's activities and times like the list most passengers consult near the entrances to the dining rooms and lounges. Who knows how many people with similar interests we might attract?


Post# 155050 , Reply# 11   9/17/2006 at 07:42 (6,402 days old) by sheerlookhomes (U.K.)        
On The Good Ship Laundromat!

That would be a blast!!

It washes..it dries..it FLOATS!!

Anchors Away!!



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