The Seller says 'General Electric' but...

[pulltostart]

they are obviously incorrect.  I'm thinking Westinghouse?  Isn't this a twin to one Hans has?

 

Birmingham, AL  $150

 

lawrence

http://bham.craigslist.org/app/5097825639.html

 

[moparwash]

Its a W!

This is not the first or the last ad ever with the wrong name!

 

[moparguy]

A beautiful 56-57 Westinghouse... I think there was recently a thread on another like this one. They are hard to find in good condition, the back light panel often is broken.

 

[ken]

Pretty range

From the other pics in the ad I see the smaller oven isn't full height. Hotpoint and Frigidaire also had this design unlike GE where both ovens were full height. What was the reasoning behind this? Seems to me that would have somewhat hindered its flexibility of use. [this post was last edited: 6/30/2015-13:55]

 

[pulltostart]

The left rear 'deep well' cooker limited the height of the left oven.

 

lawrence

 

[circlew]

Ken, the reason for the shorter oven on one side is because many models had "deep-wells", that precluded a full height oven under that side. GE 40" models prior to 1953 were also made this way. GE discontinued the deep-well after they moved production to Louisville, but Hotpoint continued making them in their Chicago plant for several more years.

 

[norgeway]

I LIKE this!

I think the shorter wider oven is OK, some of the ones like a GE are too narrow for a standard cookie sheet,,ETC.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Lovingly maintained range almost 60 years old

Far more exciting than some piece of old furniture.

This must have been the first year for the gray oven porcelain, maybe 1958 when there were two TOL models; this one and the divided cooktop model with one wide oven and one narrower one. How bright they look. I love the lower-height full-width ovens, perfect for baking a tray of baking powder biscuits while the rest of the meal finished in the oven and on the surface units. How I remember those huge meals with guests in my youth. If you have two people baking cookies, the second full-width oven was great, too. The fact that the oven was smaller made it the "economy oven" and there were recipes in the owner's manual for "one shelf" oven means to be made in that oven.

Tom, what about the Hotpoint ranges with the full-height second oven that was wider than the full-height GE oven? They appeared in the late-mid 50s. Were they made in the same Chicago plant as the earlier ranges?

 

[circlew]

I'm thinking Hotpoint offered 39" ranges with deep-wells until at least '57, which would be at least 4 years longer than GE did in their own line.

To the best of my knowledge, Hotpoint made all their ranges at the W. Taylor St. factory until production moved to A.P. in Louisville, which then the ranges were the same basic cabinet as GE's.

 

[ovrphil]

all gone

someone liked it alot - ad has been deleted