"Go-Ro" water heater
Submitted by Maurice Duvic Sr

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To J-J-W and LaOrleanians:

Don't know why the water heater was called "Go-Ro".  Not even sure if
that is correct.  The memory gets a little rusty in 73 years!

This heater was the "demand" type; no storage tank.   It "fired up" when
the faucet was turned on.  Had a large copper tube coil over a gas
burner.   Had a reputation for blowing up.  Something to do with the gas
valve opening w/o the pilot being on.
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I believe the Halfway House had something  to do with collecting fees
for use of Shell Road - halfway to the lake. Now Pontchartrain Blvd.  My
great-grandfather and his wife were killed when their son's carriage
horses were frightened  by an alligator on Shell Road, so the story
goes!
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The Jumbo drinks appeared on the scene toward the end of the Depression;
didn't last many years.  Quart bottle for a nickel.  My daddy called it
"belly wash."

Getting late.   Good night all,