Alfred Mellowes
Alfred Wytheman Mellowes was an electrical engineer who made the first self-contained electric refrigerator in 1915 in Fort Wayne.
Alfred Mellowes | |
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| Born | Alfred Wytheman Mellowes April 7, 1879 |
| Died | February 1, 1960 (aged 80)[2] |
| Occupation | Electrical engineer |
| Spouse(s) | Laura Feller McCoy |
Career
In 1916, he founded the Guardian Frigerator Company in partnership with J. W. Murray whose business would manufacture the "frigerators" in Detroit.[3][4] The business was unsuccessful initially as the rate of production was low.[4] William C. Durant inspected the production line and advised Murray to buy out the business.[4] In 1918, Durant then bought the business from Murray and renamed the company Frigidaire.[3][4] Durant then sold the business to his other company, General Motors, in 1919.[3][4] The company was subsequently moved to Dayton, Ohio where Mellowes was born.[2]
References
- "Alfred W Mellowes". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
- "Alfred W Mellowes". Find a Grave.
- Sherri Liberman (2011), American Food by the Decades, ABC-CLIO, p. 32, ISBN 9780313376986
- Paul Arculus (2011), Durant's Right-Hand Man, Friesen Press, p. 199, ISBN 9781770677838
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