You're welcome, glad to help! Yes, White Consolidated bought Westinghouse in 1975 and Frigidaire in 1979. AB Electrolux bought Tappan around 1981 if I remember right, then bought White Consolidated in 1986, which gave them both Westinghouse and Frigidaire. You might also find it interesting that the Westinghouse plant and the Tappan plant in Mansfield were only a block away from each other, with Westinghouse being the largest of the two! There was also another appliance manufacturer just a couple blocks away, Dominion, which made small appliances such as irons, toasters, corn poppers, hand mixers, and electric fans. Dominion closed in the early 70's if I remember right. Up until WCI bought Westinghouse, there was a large lighted sign on top of the east part of the building that said, "You Can Be Sure... if it's Westinghouse!" Whenever we were traveling when I was a kid, and we came back to town from the east, northeast, or southeast, when we saw that sign, it always meant "we're almost home!"
Westinghouse was quite a large plant with several buildings when I worked there, and sometimes you could go from one building to another without even knowing it! The press (stamping) shop and machining operations were on the first floor, range assembly was on the 2nd, washers and laundromats were on the 3rd, and dryers (where I worked) were on the 4th floor. There were also many elevators for freight or passengers located throughout the plant. I moved parts with what they called a decker, which was basically a walk-behind forklift with EXTRA long forks. The racks that held the parts were about the size of a twin bed, with ends that were about 3 ft. high and 4 ft. wide. Parts would come up from the press shop on the elevator and would be set off at the drop spot next to the elevator, where I would pick them up and take to the body welder, front panel welder, or storage area if they didn't need them right away. Once in a while I would have to take a rack of parts that had gotten rusty to an area called the Vit, where they would be dipped in an acid bath for rust removal. After the parts were welded, they would go to what was called the bonderizor, where they would be painted & the paint baked, or bonded to the bodies before they went to the line. Hope this gives you a good idea of how dryers were built back then.
Jeff