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ZENITH MARK I CLOTHES DRYER
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Post# 1184998   7/16/2023 at 01:51 (287 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        

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Something new and different from Up North!

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Post# 1185001 , Reply# 1   7/16/2023 at 02:57 (287 days old) by qsd-dan (West)        

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Looks very GE-ish.


Post# 1185007 , Reply# 2   7/16/2023 at 06:44 (287 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
Canadian clothes dryer

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Looks to be 60s or 70s or maybe a little newer, has nothing to do with GE.

It would be interesting to see who build it but I don’t think it’s one of the big companies.

John.


Post# 1185010 , Reply# 3   7/16/2023 at 07:47 (287 days old) by turquoisedude (.)        

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I'm puzzled... I can't recall ever seeing Zenith appliances in stores.  Perhaps it was a regional thing, as this one is up for auction in Western Canada.    

Who made it is a mystery to me, too.  The console, door handle and lint filter suggest a WCI-built product to me, possibly out of the Kelvinator plant in Ontario.  

 

 


Post# 1185016 , Reply# 4   7/16/2023 at 09:55 (287 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)        

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Post# 1185017 , Reply# 5   7/16/2023 at 10:18 (287 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

In the early days of automatic laundry appliances, Zenith was a Beam-made washer. The rear of the drum and the air flow pattern through the door look like old Speed Queen dryers, when there was a door-mounted lint filter.

There is an address for Zenith from 1960:
Zenith Machine Company
Subs if Marshall-Wells Co.
312 Lake Ave.
S. Duluth, MN

So this Zenith factory was not that far from Canada. There might have been cross-border business, but I'm not saying that there was. Then again, it might be like some other old names that get brought back to life and attached to products with no connection to the past for use in modern times, like that Hamilton Beach Freezer at Costco.

When I had my paper route, a customer who worked for Beck and Gregg Hardware had a Zenith washer because they sold them, but I never got into their utility room to inspect it. Another customer who had no connection to the wholesale hardware company had a Zenith washer, but got rid of it for a V12 GE before I ever saw it.


Post# 1185025 , Reply# 6   7/16/2023 at 12:46 (287 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)        

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There is a Zenith P.O.D. (washer and matching dryer) that shows up from time to time.

 

lawrence


Post# 1185058 , Reply# 7   7/16/2023 at 21:44 (286 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        
Always pays to consult archives...

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Zenith Machine Works
Subs. of Marshall-Wells Co.
312 S. Lake Ave.
Duluth, Minnesota

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In 1959, Marquette Appliances of Minneapolis took over operations of Zenith Machine Company previously a subsidiary of Marshall-Wells Company. Latter seems to have gone out of business by 1961

Late as 1960 Marquette was advertising a full range of kitchen appliances (fridges, freezers, washers, dryers.

Marquette's trademark was renewed by company in 1977 and expired/declared dead in 1997.



Post# 1185070 , Reply# 8   7/17/2023 at 00:56 (286 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.)        

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Base of the dryer looks like Speed Queen

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Post# 1185076 , Reply# 9   7/17/2023 at 01:53 (286 days old) by 114jwh (Vancouver)        
GSW Dryer

This dryer was made by GSW - Eddy had a matching washer at one point that was branded as Easy. GSW owned a number of different brands in Canada and eventually merged with the Canadian division of GE to form CAMCO. They may still build hot water heaters in Canada.

Looks like they just stuck a Zenith label over top of where it says Easy on Eddy's machine


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Post# 1185123 , Reply# 10   7/17/2023 at 13:31 (286 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

Thank you, Launderess, James and Bradfordwhite.


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