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Post# 1226653   3/16/2025 at 20:04 by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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$65.00 Who made it?

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Post# 1226656 , Reply# 1   3/16/2025 at 20:18 by steved (Guilderland, New York)        
nice

 Made by Beam. They made top loaders for Montgomery Wards too.


Post# 1226657 , Reply# 2   3/16/2025 at 20:23 by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)        

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Never heard of Beam, what pother appliances and for whom did they make?

Very rare, to me, to see anything Western Auto that's a dishwasher, which does look Montgomery Ward-ish in design...

 

 

 

-- Dave
Post# 1226691 , Reply# 3   3/17/2025 at 05:17 by turquoisedude (.)        

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Damn... I'm in New Zealand and it's in Texas. Figures... I may not go back to Canada anyway. Hubby's gonna have a LOT of fun crushing my collection if that happens!

Post# 1226758 , Reply# 4   3/18/2025 at 08:35 by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

I saw a dishwasher like that at Grants under the BRADFORD name.

Post# 1226759 , Reply# 5   3/18/2025 at 08:40 by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)        

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Ah, yes!

 

It would not surprise me to find that and whatever other appliances like that under the Grant's Bradford name...!

 

My dad worked for them...

 

 

 

-- Dave


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Post# 1226764 , Reply# 6   3/18/2025 at 10:35 by steved (Guilderland, New York)        
for Tom

 Here's some literature I have....

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Post# 1226765 , Reply# 7   3/18/2025 at 10:46 by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)        

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This seems to be its headquarters or what's left of & why such a small building facility?

But it's permanently closed...



-- Dave

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Post# 1226767 , Reply# 8   3/18/2025 at 11:36 by qsd-dan (West)        

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Looks like the building was up for sale in 2024

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Post# 1226775 , Reply# 9   3/18/2025 at 17:58 by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

Thank you both. AW people are the best. I remembered the big dial on top of the front panel. I was curious about the three stage washing action which was touted in the sales poster I saw so I wandered over to it and read about it. It was across from the check out registers where women would have to see it instead of downstairs with the rest of the appliances. It turns out that the three stage washing action was the different temperatures achieved during the washing, 115-125, 125-135 and 135-145, and the different soils removed in each temperature water. I was thinking of GE's Power Shower. It might have made more sense in the earlier impeller machine which only had one wash and no detergent dispenser which I think is the first one I saw, but maybe not. That was 65 years ago. Thank you both again.

Dave, Beam became famous for making central vacuum systems.

It's just off I-20 in the DFW area. I wonder if I should drive down there and git it.





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Post# 1226787 , Reply# 10   3/18/2025 at 20:19 by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)        

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Sale now says Pending.

Sister is coming from Irving this weekend, moving a few more things to mom's.  Maybe she could have fetched it down if room is available in their P/U or u-Haul trailer, whichever is involved for the trip.

Post# 1226793 , Reply# 11   3/18/2025 at 23:03 by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

Thanks, Glenn. If it is moving quickly, someone must want it. That's good.

Post# 1226815 , Reply# 12   3/19/2025 at 11:06 by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan & Palm Springs, CA)        

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I wonder if this was somehow the origin story of the original (topload) Maytag dw.....perhaps the pressing/stamping of the tubs or something. Webster City and Newton aren't that far apart...
Post# 1226833 , Reply# 13   3/19/2025 at 15:38 by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

Most portable dishwashers in the 50s and 60s were toploaders and Maytag was late to the show. This machine did not have a water supply to the lid like Maytag did and it did not have the lid springs with so much tension on them that they sometimes cracked the back wall of the tub.



Post# 1226841 , Reply# 14   3/19/2025 at 18:04 by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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