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100 year old Whirlpool washer
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Post# 803573   1/12/2015 at 06:49 (3,391 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN)        

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don't know how long this link will last but look at the 'agigator' in the bottom!

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Post# 803574 , Reply# 1   1/12/2015 at 06:51 (3,391 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)        
Ha!

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Looks like the first Cabrio machine!

Malcolm


Post# 803575 , Reply# 2   1/12/2015 at 06:52 (3,391 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)        
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Post# 803579 , Reply# 3   1/12/2015 at 07:11 (3,391 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
Very Old WP Washer

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I dough that it is a hundred years old, but it is getting close.

I knew that these impeller machines were a good idea all along, LOL.


Post# 803581 , Reply# 4   1/12/2015 at 07:23 (3,391 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)        
Easy To Confuse the Age:

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Spray 'n Wash damage on their painted tops made a lot of Whirlpools look a hundred years old!

Post# 803629 , Reply# 5   1/12/2015 at 13:06 (3,390 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN)        

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If I had to guess, I would say this machine was manufactured between 1929 and the beginning of WWII.

 

The machine was manufactured by the 1900 Corporation of Binghamton, NY. This company was formed in 1929 from the merger of the Upton Machine Company and the 1900 Washer Company. 

 

This merged company was later renamed the Whirlpool Corporation in 1950.


Post# 803746 , Reply# 6   1/13/2015 at 01:21 (3,390 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)        

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The pics from the auction.


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Post# 803770 , Reply# 7   1/13/2015 at 06:46 (3,390 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
What a beautiful old machine

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and now FYNALLY the "Whirlpool" is explained to me !!

 

That impeller would make a whirlpool washing system !! That explains how they got from the 1900 company to the Whirlpool company and the trade name stuck !! 


Post# 803815 , Reply# 8   1/13/2015 at 11:15 (3,389 days old) by rpms (ontario canada)        

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How would the agitator work? Would it go back and forth or in one direction for a bit and then swing back?

Post# 804186 , Reply# 9   1/14/2015 at 22:49 (3,388 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )        
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came to mind, how did that agitator work - 180 to the right, 180 degrees to the left, or incremental back and forth to complete a 360 degree circle in its back and forth action(I know, a little elaborate, perhaps).

I tried to find another one like it - no luck.


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Post# 804213 , Reply# 10   1/15/2015 at 02:07 (3,388 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)        

Looks so much like a modern HE TL washer with a similar impeller!Would be neat to see this work.That big,single blade/vane looks menencing!And it looks like the "agitator" is made of metal,not plastic!-And--its modern looking SS tank!Another thought--does this machine really fill all the way with water?

Post# 804239 , Reply# 11   1/15/2015 at 07:06 (3,388 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
I bet it fills half way

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like my Easy wringer and I bet it whirls around making the "cleaning whirlpool" ! No nasty "blades" scrubbing back and forth to damage clothing!!

 

 


Post# 804246 , Reply# 12   1/15/2015 at 07:29 (3,388 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
Old WP Impeller Style Washer

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These only filled up 1/3 of the way up to meet Energy Star regulations Rex, LOL, it was limited by a hidden micro-chip board underneath.

Post# 804262 , Reply# 13   1/15/2015 at 08:12 (3,387 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)        

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John,
By any chance, do you have some NOS spare water level microchip control boards for these? If this important electronic part fails, how can someone still use that machine?!

LOL!


Post# 804388 , Reply# 14   1/16/2015 at 01:41 (3,387 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)        

If the board fails-wire around it!!!!Then you can have the machine fill as much as you want!or flood the house with it!Neat to see Whirlpool and some others have gone full circle---Start out with the impellor--than today-end up with it again and thimble full amounts of water-so the agitator or impellor is paddling around just damp clothes in modern machines-but least you got some water in that older machine.If all else-just fill the machine with a bucket!


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