From Thread 8034 Cook Aldwash Machines 1956

[sudsman]

From the Westinghouse laundry Cook produced these machines in Dallas Texas They were wash only machines and had a set cycle of 2 washes a bleach and 3 rinses on the formula dial one could repeat or skip any portion they wanted to.. Whis they were still this way .........

 

[sudsman]

Cook

Cook Aldwash

 

[sudsman]

Cook

Aldwash These were built in 25 , 50 and 75 lb Machines

 

[cleanteamofny]

Here in Brooklyn, NY there is a laundrymat that still uses the washer with the blue control panel. Those machines are true work horses!

 

[alr2903]

Sudsman

Was Cook the co. that made the large diameter drum coin op they always built in, at the back of coin op stores,in the 1970's IIRC they were very wide diameter, but very narrow front to back. So it was cook aldwash, was this a westinghouse commercial product? thanks. alr2903

 

[westytoploader]

Thanks for posting; the Cook Aldwash machine sure is cool...especially those old-school controls and gauges. And that looks like a a vintage Wascomat sitting next to it on the right. I also see an early-90's White-Westinghouse-made Kenmore "Dual Tumble" washer on the far right hand side; interesting.

How long ago was this taken, and where? Are these machines still in service?

 

[sudsman]

alr2903

Cook was not connected with Westinghouse . They made equiptment in Dallas from 1938 to 1975 The had Cook Aldry dryers that were in many coin stores. Big bulky dryers that dried good . Also had a division called Meter All that made coin accept equipt, for coin ops.

 

[sudsman]

Austin

The Pic was taken in 93 , All equiptment was in operation until 98 . It was in a small commerical laundry in Cleburne Texas that did work for 2 small motels. I bought the laundry out in 98 and had planned to move all the equiptment to the main plant here . However about 2 days before all was compleated a fire in a barn about 1/2 block away started and destroyed everything on the block. I was just sick for several weeks. We still do the work for both the motels though. The Wascomat was a neat little machine too. It made a nice whine when starting into spin. It was one of the old Extracta Matic series . I was amazed that it was ever used in a coin op , I was told it started out in a laundry in Glen Rose , Texas and was there about 25 years. Take that you new modern machines.....