Yes, these are the same dryers as the Fish-In-Dryer incident. Evidently, during the years of the war with Zeta Psi (the frat across the street), in retaliation for one of our nastier pranks they stuck a fish in our dryer and turned it on. The smell stayed for weeks. In fact, this incident even got mentioned in If at All Possible, Involve a Cow: The Book of College Pranks.
A tall, lanky person can actually fit inside one of these dryers, but I think it only works if he's doing it to impress a girl. (Jared E-J originated this c2002, which later became a purity point).
Also, the dryer on the right used to be free (before Cornell noticed the malfunction). It was beautiful. It was a building-wide celebrity. People used to put their towels in there before Pool, so they would be warm when they got out. (And God help the Invisaris who was in there doing their laundry when the naked troup came through!)