GE Fridge

Dan Foley

Saw this on a job site in DC today. It still works!

ChrisJ

https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/199057/ge-fridge

I'm sitting right by one in my kitchen right now.

ChrisJ

To be honest I'm disappointed @Jamie Hall never had one.

ratio

With a 25# bag of flour & a coal bucket. I bet everything in that house works.

ethicalpaul

surely those are decorative. Is this a museum or some other historical time capsule situation?

Mad Dog_2

The Lake Camp we stayed for the Month of August for the Saratoga Meet had one just like that. A huge cast iron Pot Belly stove heated the whole place. Ahhh...the Nostalgia....Cool find Foley. Mad Dog

ChrisJ

https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1824768#Comment_1824768

Paul,

I understand you still don't have a Monitor Top (or Ball Top)…….

ChrisJ

@Dan Foley

The fridge you posted is a 1935 GE CG Ball Top. Some call it a globe top.

It's the same scotch-yoke compressor as a CK Monitor Top and GE actually called these a Monitor Top.

The condenser is the top of the cabinet, you can see the tubes in it.

Dan Foley

@ChrisJ

Thanks for the info. I know nothing about these refrigerators but I love old things that look cool. I run into these on occasion and snap a picture because I know you will comment and enlighten us.

Dan Foley

@ethicalpaul

You would be correct. This is a historic home. It is the Woodrow Wilson home on S St. in DC. It was restored to the time period when he lived there after his presidency.

https://woodrowwilsonhouse.org/

delcrossv

ethicalpaul

https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1824979#Comment_1824979

thanks! That is very cool!

ChrisJ

https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1824992#Comment_1824992

Steamhead

Are they gonna rip out the steam?

https://woodrowwilsonhouse.org/

Dan Foley

@Steamhead

Frank, all options are being explored. The two-pipe steam system needs work. The building does not presently have AC.