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Thread Number: 7691
Westinghouse info wanted.... |
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| Post# 84838 , Reply# 1 11/27/2009 at 21:09 (5,256 days old) by ohio_tuec () | ||
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Well Rick, General Electric dropped out of the vacuum cleaner business in 1972, I would say Westinghouse probably followed suit at the same time.... | ||
| Post# 84868 , Reply# 2 11/28/2009 at 13:15 (5,256 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.) | ||
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I heard....... Westinghouse sold its small apppliance division in 1972 and its major appliance division in 1974. That could just be here say though.....PAT COFFEY | ||
| Post# 84962 , Reply# 3 11/29/2009 at 10:01 (5,255 days old) by vac-o-matic (Saint Louis, Mo.) | ||
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Thanis guys! I wonder why Westinghouse vacs are so scarce? There seems to be plenty of all the other brands at estate sales, ebay, etc., did their motors fail early, or just not great marketing? | ||
| Post# 85101 , Reply# 4 12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,832 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
Think You're Right, Pat
I'm pretty sure the 1972 date is right for the small appliances, they sold the lines to Hamilton Beach/Scoville. However, I believe they stopped making vacuums even earlier, perhaps 1970? And I do know for a fact that the 1974 date is right for the major appliances, which were sold to White Consolidated, and I remember seeing the changes at the Mansfield, OH plant during that time. The name was changed to Mansfield Products Co., Division of White Consolidated, and the appliances themselves were renamed "White-Westinghouse." By the time White took over, washers, dryers, and ranges were the only items still made at the Mansfield plant, where I worked on the dryer floor in 1977. Jeff | ||
Post# 85159 , Reply# 5 12/2/2009 at 09:41 (5,252 days old) by a007kirbyman  (--->> Originally My Mom <<--- (now Wisconsin)) |
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Bonus day again this year... (--> 11/31/09 <--) woohoo | ||
| Post# 85201 , Reply# 6 12/3/2009 at 00:28 (5,251 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
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Wonder How THAT Happened?? | ||
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