Vintae Vacuum Factories....a thread on the past...

[rugmaster37]

So,

Over on www.automaticwasher.org , there was a thread concerning the old Frigidaire factory, and that it was slated for demolition. I mean it has not been used in a few years by G.M. and has recently, being empty been the victim of a fire.

It made me want to find vacuum cleaner factories that are no longer in use.

I've found several, but not many. I figured that we could try and find as many as we could as a group....

Here's what I've found so far...


First is the old Apex works in Cleveland Ohio. Some buildings are still extant, and some are gone. But for the most part you can still see what buildings made up the Apex Complex, complete with streets surrounding, and the railroad right of ways that originally entered the plant...

 

[rugmaster37]

Now onto Birtman Electric......

Home of many Kenmore cleaners over the years....

4140 Fullerton Avenue, Chicago Illinois

 

[rugmaster37]

Now onto General Electric.....

It was on Boston Avenue, Bridgeport Conneticut....

 

[rugmaster37]

Now onto Clements Manufacturing....

Featuring Cadillac, and misc. brand vacuum cleaners.

6650 Narragansett Avenue, Chicago Illinois

 

[rugmaster37]

Now onto Royal Manufacturing Company....

Makers of Royal and Electro Hygiene cleaners.....amongst others.....

540 E. 150th St, Cleveland Ohio

 

[rugmaster37]

No Onto Landers Frary and Clark....

I believe that this is the old factory. I was going on VERy sketchy information....

In New Britian Conneticut....

Anyone care to help out???

 

[rugmaster37]

Now Onto ....Eureka in Detroit Michigan....

This was listed as a factory as well for Eureka. I've heard that their facotry was torn down to make was for I-94.

Can anyone verify this???

6060 Hamilton Avenue, Detroit Michigan

 

[rugmaster37]

Onto Filter Queens Headquarters????

This was listed for FilterQueen on Wabash avenue, in downtown Chicago.

This was thier offices yes???

 

[rugmaster37]

Onto Sweeper Vac Company.......

This has me confusaed, as it's smaller than a factory, but again it's the address I have found listed....

Sweeper Vac, 152 Freemont St.

Anyone????

 

[rugmaster37]

This was Hotpoint.....

I know it's not vacuum related per.se but I found this for the other site...It's just interesting,....

5600 Taylor St, Chicago Illinois

 

[rugmaster37]

To Regina...Rahway New Jersey....

Again, sketchy information....

But I believe that I have found their old factory....

Anyone???

 

[rugmaster37]

Onto Singer Vacuum Factory....

In Anderson, South Carolina.

Still used by Ryobi Motor Products.

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v...&scene=30518808&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1

 

[luxg]

Chad, that was a very interesting thread, thanks for taking the time to search all of that out!! Terry

 

[petek]

I looked at the map of Detroit and you're right the 6060 block of Hamilton street was paved over with the Lodge Fwy and 94 interchange. If the block numbers corresspond to Woodward Ave then it would have been about 2 blocks west of that interchange. Near Holden St.. which as I recall from my misspent youth housed the Interchange Bar.

 

[kirbyboy1]

The new filter queen office is in Cleavland Ohio. yes that was the old filter queen plant. I will email my friends at fitler queen to see when they moved.

 

[petek]

I just searched some of the surrounding streets like 6060 2nd Ave and it also corresspond to the corner two blocks away where Holden intersects Lodge which back then would have been Hamilton St.

 

[petek]

Here's where it looks to have been...took me a bit to figure out how to get the picture LOL

 

[aeoliandave]

Ah yes, The Interchange...I remember well from the 70s and 80s...and another place that had a Mack Transport cab piercing the inside wall...

 

[petek]

According to this article the Lodge was built right thru the middle of the plant

Burritt hoped to merge with another manufacturer whose products, distribution system, and production facilities would complement those of Eureka. Burritt was also eager to evacuate Eureka's outdated factory--and Detroit--because of what one vice-president called "the contamination of the Detroit labor area," meaning the highly unionized workforce in that city. Also, a superhighway was set to be built through the center of Detroit and the middle of Eureka's plant. Burritt