Dry cleaning Unit #1 with solvent sotrage tanks, filter "washer," extractors, tumberlers (dryers)
Item
Identifier
USHMCR 2.1.17.e
Creator
Valetor Deluxe Cleaners
Description
Valetor did not use the very toxic perclorethylene (Perc) as its dry cleaning solvent. This was coming into use at the time because it posed no fire risk. Instead, the Company used what is technically called Stoddard Solvent, a high flash point petroleum distillate sold under various trade names; e.g. Savasol of the Mobil Company. This made the solvent far less hazardous than benzene, and the dry cleaning room was a fire protected area equipped with ignition proof lights, motors and switches.
Type
Slide
Format
.jpg
Subject
Prenting, Peter H.;Prenting, Theodore;Valetor Deluxe Cleaners.;Poughkeepsie (N.Y.)--History.;Dry cleaning industry—New York—Poughkeepsie (N.Y.)
Rights Holder
Marist College
Publisher
Marist College Archives and Special Collections
