A Graveyard of Washing Machines

[ronhic]

Zodiac

The main difference between our machines and the British ones were that we kept the basic design of the post 'slant front' keymatic and ditched the detergent drawer. A shame really as we didn't get it back until the Electra 530/535....

A really good Zodiac is a very good and capable machine with its' 5 rinses....

 

[jetcone]

o WOWO

Shades of South Dakota ten years ago!

Wow that brings back memories! We had fun in our graveyard.

What a terrific find! Enjoy it , washer graveyards are a dream come true!

jon

 

[gansky1]

Those Lightburns look like so much fun to wash in. I saw our Sacred Appliance Grounds in South Dakota after half of it was already crushed but it was still a wandering wonderland of washers!

 

[phamq]

There're got to be close to a hundred to choose from. Most probably just need painting job. There should be 1 in the state.

 

[arrrooohhh]

WOW! Where is this "graveyard"?

What is growing under the lids of those Frigidaires? I wonder if the owner would be tempted to repair them for a paying customer?

 

[BlogShag]

322361 is so ugly

OMG! No. 322361 is sooo ugly. It looks like a freakin' toilet

 

[hoover525]

Hey Leon

Where is this place ?

 

[mayfan69]

My secret

My secret. I'd prefer not to say.

Cheers
Leon

 

[brucelucenta]

Places like this are almost a thing of the past now. There was one on the outskirts of Thompson, Iowa several years ago where I picked up some machines. Found an old '54 Hamilton among others there. Last I heard, either the state or some form of government was trying to make him get rid of all of them. I'm sure they probably succeeded and that place is no more. He had many old Frigidaire, Maytag, Kenmore and various other machines of the 50's, 60's & 70's. Still, the place where I saw and found the most was right here in my own home town back in the early 70's. That place had nearly everything as far as washers and dryers! There was even an old Apex like the one Robert has now, although I did not pick it up. But there were lots of matched sets of ABC omatic machines and Leonards, a rebadged Kelvinator washer. Lots of Frigidaire and Philco machines too. The odd ball ones that service guys didn't like to mess with were all there. They were all hauled to the dump or the crusher by the early 80's. Sad...

 

[goatfarmer]

This place disappeared a few years ago.

Indiana adventure w/pics

I met Rick from Ft Wayne for an adventure not to be forgotten!Lets start with the first treasure we saw,this BOL 66 Frigidaire dryer kennyGF

www.automaticwasher.org

 

[simpsomatic]

Graveyard

If I am not mistaken this graveyard is in plain eyesight along a major thoroughfare
in Melbourne. Growing up those Frigidaire's and our Thor trimatic were my favorite machines.

 

[mayfan69]

Not on a major thoroughfare

Actually, you are incorrect, it's not on a major thoroughfare in plain eyesight in metro Melbourne.

 

[hoover525]

Any other Hoover top loaders there?

I could see one 720 near the fence in a couple of pics, but no others. I'm looking for some parts for my 620 (nearly impossible to find interior plastics now), and of course am interested in any other old Hoover top loaders!

What a cool place to find! I'd say it's still there too ?

 

[tolivac]

Makes me think of the appliance graveyards in Aberdeen, motive parts in Rapid City South Dakota.Pthose are gone,now.

 

[simpsomatic]

Secret location

Since there is so much uncalled for secrecy the graveyard I am familiar with is off the Tullarmarine freeway before you reach the International airport in Melbourne. I returned to Melbourne for my mothers funeral last August and noticed a huge area of graveyard appliances under the eucalyptus trees that are evident in these photographs on my way for return flight to the US. Come hell or high water had the circumstances been different I would have scaled chain link fences to investigate and share. Sorry that "mayfan69" is not willing to share.

 

[blackstone]

Using Google Earth, I scanned around the Tullarmarine Freeway. Couldn't find the graveyard on the current images.

However, I did find something that I would consider to be unusual--how close the houses are to each other. Barely just a driveway separating them. One normally thinks of Australia as being a land of wide-open land. Not everywhere, I guess.

 

[brisnat81]

I'm sorry, I think your response to Leon is unfair.

He puts a huge amount of Time, effort and Money into building relationships with people who are generally quite elderly and not easy to deal with or open to people just coming in to try and take their treasures from them. These arent generally people who are open to just anyone coming on site. Leon has spent months and in some cases years corresponding with these people before he's invited to meet them.

There's always two sides to each story and it would be useful to think about the bigger picture before throwing stones.

 

[mayfan69]

Thanks Nathan

Thanks for your comments defending me Nathan, you've described the situation very succinctly.

Cheers
Leon

 

[hoover525]

We're polite and tactful too

Please dont assume the other members of this board are sledgehammers. That's not nice.

 

[washer111]

Like With Anything...

If a person prefers to retain their anonymity, or prefers not to disclose certain details about themselves or those they associate with online, that is entirely up to them.

Its also why when the topic of "filling in my profile" here comes up, I often make a rather blatant post defending my reasons for not doing so.

This is the internet. Anyone can see the information you post here. Does Leon really want the privacy of these contacts invaded and trust breached?
Could these washers end up on the back of trailers headed to scrappers for reasonable sums of money?

"No" is an answer we have to put up with every so often.
To be fair, many members here do put an excruciating amount of effort into finding and then restoring their machines.