Corto, the Radiator Classic, was the creation of Louis Courtot - a French artist engineer long affiliated with the American Radiator Company. This radiator was meant to b...
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Take a stroll through HVAC history in our Heating Museum. This section of our website preserves history and answers that so-important question: What the heck is that thing? Whenever you run across anything unusual, chances are you’ll find the old literature about it right here.
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This booklet from 1952 about Crane Radiant Baseboard Panels covers more than just the baseboard radiators. It also gets into system engineering, Crane boilers, and even s...
Here is an excerpt from the 1925 edition of The Ideal Fitter (from the American Radiator Company) featuring Peerless curved, corner, 45-degree angle, pantry, and circular...

This chart is from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Bureau of Standards, published on July 19, 1935. For a number of years this subject has received considerabl...
This circa-1901 booklet from The Dominion Radiator Company out of Toronto, Canada is a joy to read and is beautifully illustrated. It's early-20th-Century marketing at it...
Here is the Exeter Radiator and the Matthews' Radiator Foot Rests from the Walworth Manufacturing Company (1842-1892). Thanks to Frank "Steamhead" Wilsey for finding and ...
Here some terrific cutaway views of radiator supply valves, including the Gorton Quarter Turn Packing Lock Radiator Valve, from Gorton & Lidgerwood Co. of New York. Thank...
This circa-1927 book from the Gurney Foundry Company contains information about Gurney boilers, radiators, and water heaters. Thanks to Bob Moore for scanning and sharing...
This circa-1905 booklet contains information about radiators from the Gurney Heater Manufacturing Company, including Gurney radiators, Duet radiators, Tremont radiators, ...
This circa-1927 brochure contains information and radiator ratings for the Gurney Foundry Company's Copley Radiator, a radiator "as beautiful as a piece of fine furniture...