1955 Hamilton washer made by Norge, I love the enthusiasm in add copy where they say worst day freedom is yours forever with these Hamilton companion pieces when in fact, you would be lucky if this washer lasted a decade without lots of repairs.
This may be one of the first times that accompany sourced a washer from another company yet Hamilton was building the dryer in their factory and two rivers Wisconsin.
About four years ago, I took the ferry from Manitowoc Wisconsin, right next to two rivers and they were having a big celebration celebrating the history of two Rivers Wisconsin and there is no mention of Hamilton dryers. I was talking to one of the ladies at the fair and I said, did you realize, two Rivers Wisconsin was the birthplace of the modern tumble clothes dryer. She had no idea, lol.
Hamilton did build not only a very successful good performing dryer, but it was quite reliable as well, kind of a shame they paired up with Norge for the washing machine. It would’ve been neat if they could’ve paired it up with whirlpool to produce the automatic washer, but I think Sears had the rights on that.
John
This may be one of the first times that accompany sourced a washer from another company yet Hamilton was building the dryer in their factory and two rivers Wisconsin.
About four years ago, I took the ferry from Manitowoc Wisconsin, right next to two rivers and they were having a big celebration celebrating the history of two Rivers Wisconsin and there is no mention of Hamilton dryers. I was talking to one of the ladies at the fair and I said, did you realize, two Rivers Wisconsin was the birthplace of the modern tumble clothes dryer. She had no idea, lol.
Hamilton did build not only a very successful good performing dryer, but it was quite reliable as well, kind of a shame they paired up with Norge for the washing machine. It would’ve been neat if they could’ve paired it up with whirlpool to produce the automatic washer, but I think Sears had the rights on that.
John