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Car Wash Express company history timeline

1914

Automated Laundry began operations in 1914 in the Motor City, Detroit, and despite the name used absolutely no automated systems.

1920

In the 1920's the Chicago Auto Bowl is noteworthy for using conveyor belt floors taken from factories, overhead sprinklers, and a large cleaning pool where drivers would drive in circles to clean mud from tires.

1951

The carwashing process found complete automation in 1951 when brothers Archie, Dean and Eldon Anderson added nozzles to apply soap and water, automated brushes and a 50-horsepower dryer to their carwash in Seattle, Washington.2

1955

Dan Hanna, another pivotal pioneer in the automatic car wash industry, opened Rub-a-Dub in Milwaukie, Oregon, in 1955.

1959

In 1959, he had finally developed a working model of the first mechanized car-washing system.

1963

Hi Shullman opened our first car wash in Bedford, NY, 1963.

1969

1969 was also the year that June and Sonny Essenburg began the very first Quality Car Wash on 17th street in Holland, Michigan—a car wash enterprise which would eventually lead to the development of Tommy Car Wash Systems.

1990

Industry experts blame the sluggish economy and unusual national weather patterns for the decrease in sales volume and predict volume will rebound to pre-1990 levels as the economy improves.

According to the 1990 survey, the daily traffic count in front of the proposed location is 50,000.

According to the 1990 survey, our target market is expected to grow at a rate of approximately 3.5 percent per year.

2001

Finally, another carwash innovation came online in 2001 when Ben Alford opened the first modern, automated express carwashing model at Benny’s Car Wash in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which included automated pay terminals and gates.

2019

A car wash slated to open in New Hope, Minnesota in May 2019 is making news for its eco-friendly approach to water reuse.

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