01-11-2013, 06:51 AM
steve... wrote:
Frigidaire
Frigidaire was founded as the Guardian Frigerator Company in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and developed the first self-contained refrigerator (invented by Nathaniel B. Wales and Alfred Mellowes) in 1916.
The name Frigidaire or the earlier version, Frigerator, may be the actual origin of the slang term "fridge".
Ended up as the A/C division of General Motors, which made appliances as well. My family as owned a number of Frigidaire ranges with a GM logo. Spun off in 1971 as a result of government anti-monopoly action. Autolite was Ford's electric division until 1971 as well.
My '71 Buick has a Frigidaire A/C compressor. My '72 has a "Harrison" compressor.