Mini Washer Museum in Washington

[pdub]

Great find Brian. What a cool place. I'm assuming this shop has come across these machines over the years as they sell new ones. These are all for display only and not for sale, right? Even so, it is great to find more people preserving and displaying these great old appliances. Thanks for sharing. I love that Suburban too. Patrick

 

[toggleswitch]

WOW

Thank you for posting

 

[gansky1]

What a fun store to stumble upon, too bad they won't sell them but that is probably a good thing too - they've spent some time collecting and although probably mostly cosmetic work has been done to them, those copper wringers took some time and work to look like that! Did you tell them about our humble little website here?

 

[easyspindry]

Brian,

Thanks for sharing the great find in the museum. Next time I'm in Seattle . . .

I can't believe it, another ABC twin tub spinner. I haven't seen or heard of but one, and that was one my neighbor had in the late 1940's early 1950's.

I would guess the Westington washer is a 1955 model with the clear dials. The dryer is from the early 1950's. I had a friend with a "how dry I am" Westy dryer. It lasted well over 20 years.

And I've never seen a GE sink/washer. Never even heard of it until I found this wonderful site.

Jerry Gay

 

[knitwits1975]

WOW!

Next time I'm in downtown Seattle, I'm THERE! I'm guessing this is by Westlake Center.

 

[DADoES]

That's the kind of place that as a child I'd be whining incessantly to the parents about visiting at every opportunity. Fun!

 

[westyslantfront]

Hi Bryan. Greetings from Tucson, Az...what wonderful pictures!!!...I sure enjoyed them. Thank you for posting them.

Ross "westyslantfront"

 

[westytoploader]

What an awesome museum, thanks for sharing!!! And yet another GE washersink in existence! Love the retro kitchen and the '53 Suburban as well!

I'm also glad to see the Washington/Northwestern Contingent expanding. Since only a few active members reside there, it's pretty much uncharted territory as far as vintage finds are concerned...you, Jason, and Rich (powerfin64) will probably stumble across more great stuff in the future!!!

 

[knitwits1975]

Thanks Austin!

I'll raise my glass to that!

 

[compwhiz128]

Amazing! I should consider going down there sometime....

 

[jdw]

Wonderful pics!!

 

[dalangdon]

Jason, American Meter & Appliance is over by Lake Union, just north of downtown. Quite near both Jillian's Billiards and Buca di Beppo, if you know where they are. I've been by it a million times, but never stopped. I had no idea they had such a great collection. Brian, thanks for the great tip!

 

[drmitch]

Great pics Brian! Glad you spotted this place. love the suburban too!

 

[powerfin64]

great pictures Brian!

I never knew that place existed! Im about 2 hours from seattle.
I need to get out more..

Rich

 

[Hometechdoc]

GE Sink Washer

The equipment laboratory at Oneonta State University had a GE Sink Washer. I am sure it has been removed by now. It was there in 1993, the last time I was in upstate New York. It was very expensive to install, I was told.

 

[westytoploader]

Hi Allen, good to see you posting again!

At the Convention, were you standing there when John was explaining the GE washersink? He mentioned that some sort of "junction box" (which I didn't realize) for the incoming water was required when installing one of these and the sink drain also needed to be plumbed into the wall. I believe he also mentioned that these were fairly difficult to install as well. That and the cost like you said are probably just a couple of reasons why they're so rare to begin with. One thing I thought was interesting about it was that instead of the Filter-Flo nozzle at the 2:00 position, the nozzle is at the 12:00 position and appears to be pointing downward into the filter pan. I'd certainly love to see one of these in person, or even better, find one!!!

Was the machine in the lab still working and being used the last time you saw it?

--Austin