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This reference catalog documents 60 Westinghouse machines. Surviving model records include production information spanning 1930 to 1970. Model-specific archive photography survives for 52 of the 60 entries.
This profile combines preserved company background with evidence from the individual machine records. Dates and model counts refer to documented examples in this collection, not an assertion that the catalog is complete.
Westinghouse company history
Preserved background
Archive documentation notes that Westinghouse of Springfield, Massachusetts began manufacturing chest type coolers exclusively for Coca-Cola in 1934.
Westinghouse constructed their coolers so well that many of their machines can be found in operational condition today! Westinghouse didn't manufacture upright machines until the 1950's. Westinghouse created innovative designs of machines for Coca-Cola for some 40 years before ceasing operation in the early 1970's.
What the machine archive shows
Evidence by model and date
The dated archive currently runs from Westinghouse Giant (Mid 1930's into the 1940's) through Westinghouse WT-270-6 (Production Dates: Mid 1960's – Early 1970's). It contains 60 model records, 52 with recorded production dates and 52 with surviving model-specific photography.
The documented production footprint is distributed across 1930s (4), 1940s (10), 1950s (19), 1960s (19). These totals describe this archive—not necessarily the company’s complete output—and will change if additional period records are recovered.
Westinghouse machines
60 model records
Research note: Profile scope is 60 archived machine records. Company background was independently restated from the site’s preserved manufacturer overview; view the archived source. Dates, photographs, and model counts come from the linked records. Where the preserved evidence is incomplete, the page says so instead of filling gaps with conjecture.