simple bird -
Hope you like your York chillers. Depending on what size they are...I probably designed them. I am a collector of old "York" items, gages and photos so I found this site very ineteresting.

jan -
This is not a laundry shoot. This is a door on a refrigerated storage locker.

While you are correct about the fact that air conditioning and refrigeration capacity is measured in "tons" Mr. Carrier, I just wanted to use terminology that would not add confusion to those not familiar with the industry. Horsepower is easily understood by most folks.

Mr. Motts... More info -

Doors like this one were specially made for medicinal storage purposes. It allowed the contents to be inventoried and viewed without compromising the low temperature environment. Some medicines were quite sensitive to temperature variations. Doors for other more standard purposes, such as food storage, did not have a glass panel section.

Thanks Lynne.
I just stumbled upon this site. Now I am hooked.
Considering that I am very familiar with this old equipment, I thought I'd help and positively identify what it truly was. People's imaginations are so fertile and interesting, perhaps it would have been better if I did not I.D. it.

This is a door that was made by York for a refrigerated storage "locker". These were used to store many different things...from medicines to food to furs... I actually looked up the old sales order for this hospital. We still have the records.

Yes - York is still very much in business. I am the Senior Product Engineer for York. I was just poking around this site and to my surprise found this great photo. This set of Gages was used on reciprocating compressors. Ammonia was the refrigerant, not Freon. The wrench in the foreground was also made here at our factory in York, Pennsylvania. In those days we made all of our own parts including the gages and tools. The compressor in the background of the photo actually is not for air conditioning but is a small refrigeration unit. We currently make A/C and refrigeration units up to 3000 Horsepower. - Great Photo! -