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Dumbwaiter

Dumbwaiter

If I'm not mistaken, this looks like a dumbwaiter.
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allright no one has commented here, but what the hell is a dumbwaiter, please dont laugh I have no idea!!! 8-(
Motts could you tell me, Lynne anyone???
rtotten
Wed 03-01-2006
It's mini-elevator for transporting small things between floors, either hand operated or mechanically pulled.
Motts
Wed 03-01-2006
It looks like there's a mini person with a hat on and a scarf standing in the left corner...
interstellar-moonbeam
Tue 01-09-2007
I fail to see the mini person
Eddie
Sun 02-11-2007
We still have one in our nursing home and still use it, its for food trays.
Jan
Mon 02-19-2007
Eddie...It's the dark shape in the corner, probably doesn't look like a person to yooh...
Interstellar-moonbeam
Fri 06-22-2007
i see the little person!!!
Dalia
Mon 11-12-2007
The ends of those pipes look like the male nozzles for female hydraulic hose ends. Must have been a fancy dumb-waiter not the old fashioned hand pulley kind.
Ken
Sat 01-12-2008
Either that or we are all wrong and those are just hot and cold water pipes where they may have had shut off valves in an easily accessible spot at one time. All the brass or coper valves and pipes that could be stripped out would have been picked clean by thieves long ago to be sold to a scap yard, probably for dope money.
Ken
Sat 01-12-2008
Dumbwaiters come from the days when kitchens were in the basement and the finished dishes were sent upstairs to the dining room via the dumbwaiter, rather than having to carry the food upstairs. Large private homes with servants had them as well as hospitals, nursing homes, etc.
dme
Sun 10-19-2008
Alls I know is I would love to fill up my truck with all the metal I can in one of these places, I would make a fortune, recycle-recycle
joe155
Tue 09-20-2011

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