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Thread Number: 29456
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| Post# 447963 7/8/2010 at 23:56 (5,034 days old) by sensi-temp () | ||
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Any experts on early Westy Laundromats? I have a sales brochure from a very early Laundromat. I know this model was made before 1947. When was the first one made & it's model #? I'd like to have an early one! | ||
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Post# 448073 , Reply# 1 7/9/2010 at 13:41 (5,033 days old) by CircleW  (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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Not an expert by any means, but I think the first Westinghouse Laundromat was introduced sometime around 1940. I doubt many were made before production was halted due to the war. The earliest ad I could find was from '43 or '44, with lots more appearing in '45 and after. | ||
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Post# 448074 , Reply# 2 7/9/2010 at 13:44 (5,033 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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| Post# 448121 , Reply# 3 7/9/2010 at 17:00 (5,033 days old) by westingman123 () | ||
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pretty please? I'd be most interested in the brochures, as well. | ||
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Post# 448144 , Reply# 4 7/9/2010 at 19:14 (5,033 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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As far as I can tell... | ||
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Post# 448192 , Reply# 6 7/9/2010 at 22:15 (5,033 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Our very own Jetcone (Jon) has done a ton of study into the early days of Westinghouse washing machines. IIRC he told me that Westinghouse paid a humongous fortune to Bendix to be able to use the clock-work incrementing timer in their Laundromat - which would explain why some others (Blackstone, Launderall, etc.) went with a mechanical (gear driven) timer.)
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