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Vintage GE Electric Sink
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thirtyater
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Wow, me loves it!
In the picture of the empty tub, if you look closely just to the right of the lid latch in the center, you will see two pieces of metal flat against the front wall of the tub. That is the detergent dispenser. You close the two halves together and pour the detergent into it. This is not a 30s machine. In the 30s, this dishwasher did not have a timer. It had instead three keys or levers in front that allowed the user to manually fill, drain and operate the motor. This one is probably from after WWII to the early 50s, because there is no Calrod heater in it. Just before GE stopped production on the top loading built-ins, they added the heater. The thing they describe as a vent is an air gap through which it filled. The assembly with cams on the front of the motor is the timer which was powered by the motor. GE continued to have the timer in this location until they introduced the new rollout DWs with bow tie impeller, the pink Plastisol tub coating and the pink racks in the late 50s. The central portion of the top rack which held the glasses lifted out so that you could load the bottom rack.
Never seen this
Doesn't look 30's to me at all either. I was thinking late 40's but probably 50's
Doesn't look 30's to me at all either. I was thinking late 40's but probably 50's
electric faucet
When I was a kid a friend of mine's parents bought an old house, but in the kitchen there was an "electric faucet" that was straight out of the 50's. It was mounted on a convential sink - but it had some cool features on it, including a blue light that supposedly sanitized stuff, and a dishwasher attachment, which was basically a soapy wand thing like you see at a car wash (in a much smaller version, of course) I think you were also able to set the temperature for the water.
It was pretty cool, but they took it out right away and replaced it with a conventional faucet.
When I was a kid a friend of mine's parents bought an old house, but in the kitchen there was an "electric faucet" that was straight out of the 50's. It was mounted on a convential sink - but it had some cool features on it, including a blue light that supposedly sanitized stuff, and a dishwasher attachment, which was basically a soapy wand thing like you see at a car wash (in a much smaller version, of course) I think you were also able to set the temperature for the water.
It was pretty cool, but they took it out right away and replaced it with a conventional faucet.
neptune2000
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GE Electric Sink... and garbage disposal.
OMG....
I grew up with one of these - it came with the house, built in the very late 40's or early 50's ( we were second owners.) The model we had was exactly the same in every detail, except that it did have the calrod in the bottom.
It was with this machine that I learned why there is an interlock on the lid after two "accidental" kitchen re-decorations..! Frankly - it didn't wash dishes all that well, and was very noisy. There was no pump for draining - it was piped directly to a trap/drain below floor level in the basement. I recall also there was a seperate fuse for the machine behind the access panel which kept blowing for reasons unknown - and was replaced by a short segment of 3/8 inch copper tubing by Your's Truly..... ( young and dumb! )
My parents would have nothing to do with the "DD" - aka
Damned Dishwasher, but I was so blown away by having a dishwasher that everything went into it - it took almost no time at all to dull up all the aluminum cookware, Take every speck of gold trim off of dishes and glasses, and melted more than a few pieces of plastic that weren't carefully placed.
I left home at 19, and my parents kept that house until I sold it 15 years ago - the dishwasher was still there - still worked, and was the first thing that the new owners pointed to and said " THAT has GOT to GO !!!" - So I assume it got trashed.
While my parents didn't share my enthusiasm for the dishwasher, both became addicted to the use of the garbage disposal ( the original GE was still working when we moved in - had a 2 1/2 HP. motor - and (in one independent after school test) - could easily eat an entire coke bottle without so much as a hint of displeasure. - This was the garbage disposal
from HELL !! Eventually, the bearings went, and sometime in the late 60's it was replaced - and then again - and again - and again.... Mom was death on every new disposal brought into the house - none lasted longer than 3 years. Proving once again ( I know I'm preaching to the Choir here ) they just don't build things like they used to.!
Thanks for the memories..
Neptune2000
OMG....
I grew up with one of these - it came with the house, built in the very late 40's or early 50's ( we were second owners.) The model we had was exactly the same in every detail, except that it did have the calrod in the bottom.
It was with this machine that I learned why there is an interlock on the lid after two "accidental" kitchen re-decorations..! Frankly - it didn't wash dishes all that well, and was very noisy. There was no pump for draining - it was piped directly to a trap/drain below floor level in the basement. I recall also there was a seperate fuse for the machine behind the access panel which kept blowing for reasons unknown - and was replaced by a short segment of 3/8 inch copper tubing by Your's Truly..... ( young and dumb! )
My parents would have nothing to do with the "DD" - aka
Damned Dishwasher, but I was so blown away by having a dishwasher that everything went into it - it took almost no time at all to dull up all the aluminum cookware, Take every speck of gold trim off of dishes and glasses, and melted more than a few pieces of plastic that weren't carefully placed.
I left home at 19, and my parents kept that house until I sold it 15 years ago - the dishwasher was still there - still worked, and was the first thing that the new owners pointed to and said " THAT has GOT to GO !!!" - So I assume it got trashed.
While my parents didn't share my enthusiasm for the dishwasher, both became addicted to the use of the garbage disposal ( the original GE was still working when we moved in - had a 2 1/2 HP. motor - and (in one independent after school test) - could easily eat an entire coke bottle without so much as a hint of displeasure. - This was the garbage disposal
from HELL !! Eventually, the bearings went, and sometime in the late 60's it was replaced - and then again - and again - and again.... Mom was death on every new disposal brought into the house - none lasted longer than 3 years. Proving once again ( I know I'm preaching to the Choir here ) they just don't build things like they used to.!
Thanks for the memories..
Neptune2000
After school test...
A whole Coke bottle? Too funny - and amazing it didn't get jammed!
This is a very cool machine, but way too big for most people to have around for "playtime" dishwashing. I saw one like it at an estate sale, but in much worse condition. It was slated to be torn out but I don't have room for all I have now!
A whole Coke bottle? Too funny - and amazing it didn't get jammed!
This is a very cool machine, but way too big for most people to have around for "playtime" dishwashing. I saw one like it at an estate sale, but in much worse condition. It was slated to be torn out but I don't have room for all I have now!
In one apartment I lived in---I fed the Badger disposal a WHOLE 828 tube-that little guy ate the whole thing-but without the belch at the end-The tube was shorted-pulled from a RCA transmitter-we didn't want it to find its way into another-Was amazing!!And it didn't hurt the shredders either-in fact cleaned them up-no scum in that machine-I can remember hearing stories of Appliance techs grinding bottles in disposers in the early days to clean them of "scum"Frequent bottle shredding will wear the cutting edges though.
hoover1060
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Older garbage disposals...
My grandmother had a vintage 1949 Westinghouse all electric kitchen that included a batch feeder disposal. It was very pre-historic looking and had a distinct "machine motor" sound when starting.
Grandma didn't like it, so it was used very little. When she passed at the end of 1986, that disposal was still there and working.
My first disposal memories are of the Hotpoint model in our house in Elk Grove, vintage 1959. The splash guard was grey, and the little flaps eventually wore off. That disposal would eat anything, even spare rib bones. I vividly remember what those sounded like going through it.
I remember one neighbor suggesting we feed it little pieces of glass to sharpen the teeth...
A while back I posted on a 1976 model InSinkErator I bought and installed, and having lived with that now for two months I am hooked. The older models are WAY better than todays!
Thanks for sharing all the memories!
My grandmother had a vintage 1949 Westinghouse all electric kitchen that included a batch feeder disposal. It was very pre-historic looking and had a distinct "machine motor" sound when starting.
Grandma didn't like it, so it was used very little. When she passed at the end of 1986, that disposal was still there and working.
My first disposal memories are of the Hotpoint model in our house in Elk Grove, vintage 1959. The splash guard was grey, and the little flaps eventually wore off. That disposal would eat anything, even spare rib bones. I vividly remember what those sounded like going through it.
I remember one neighbor suggesting we feed it little pieces of glass to sharpen the teeth...
A while back I posted on a 1976 model InSinkErator I bought and installed, and having lived with that now for two months I am hooked. The older models are WAY better than todays!
Thanks for sharing all the memories!
Not to drift from the "electric sinks" but I too feel the older disposers were better-mainly because of the cast iron or steel shredders.The stampted ones today are sort of pathetic.But give that Badger in that apartment house credit-it looked like it had stampted shredders-but ate that large tube.The only non-food item I fed it.Wonder what the building engineers found in the home pipe cleanouts!!
WHOA there.
There is not too much I would do with a coke bottle other than stick it in the recycling bin.
My newer disposer says to feed it bones once-in-a-while to keep its teeth sharp.
There is not too much I would do with a coke bottle other than stick it in the recycling bin.
My newer disposer says to feed it bones once-in-a-while to keep its teeth sharp.
hoover1060
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bones in the disposal
Toggle,
You should feed bones and other harder stuff to your disposal every now and again to keep it cleaned out, and yes to keep the teeth sharp. Think of it as a good tooth brushing for the disposal...
Mine eats chicken bones, peach pits, and walnut shells, all of which will keep the insides clean and in tip top condition.
Toggle,
You should feed bones and other harder stuff to your disposal every now and again to keep it cleaned out, and yes to keep the teeth sharp. Think of it as a good tooth brushing for the disposal...
Mine eats chicken bones, peach pits, and walnut shells, all of which will keep the insides clean and in tip top condition.
