Today, we are going to stop by at a Car Wash!
Did you know that the first ever car wash opened in Detroit, Michigan in 1914?
It’s called “Automated Laundry”
Automated Laundry was not actually automated,
it’s a traditional “pail-and-sponge” method or manual cleaning which were manually pushed through a tunnel
in which three men provided a service of soaping, rinsing and drying the vehicle
Years later, the first automatic conveyor car wash opened in Hollywood, CA in 1940
This system automatically pulled the vehicle through a tunnel,
but the washing of the vehicle was still provided through manual labor
Like Automated Laundry, this involved men soaping, rinsing and drying the vehicle
as it moved down the line
Six years later, Thomas Simpson invented the first semiautomatic car wash system in 1946
A majority of the manual labor was removed through Simpson’s invention but not entirely
An overhead water sprinkler was then used to wet the vehicle down which was followed
by three sets of manually operated brushes for cleaning, and an air blower for drying
In 1951, the first fully automatic car wash system
came to Seattle, Washington opened by three brothers – Archie, Dean and Eldon Anderson
This automated car wash system involved large machinery automated brushes
scrubbing down the vehicle nozzles being used to rinse the vehicle off and large air blowers to dry the vehicle
From here, many car wash owners began installing
fully automated car wash equipment at their businesses
Automatic car washes have continued to evolve ever since!
Now, let's sit back and relax and let the automated car wash do the thing!
Now, it’s time to go home, until next time… See yah!