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Here are some beautiful radiators from The Standard Radiator Manufacturing Co. based in Buffalo, NY. This catalog dates back to 1898.

Here is a Capitol Boilers and Radiators catalog from the United States Radiator Corporation, printed in 1934. It features the Capitol Red Top Boilers (A Series, B Series,...

The Carton Furnace Company is located in Utica, NY and began making boilers in 1847. This is a catalog of Carton Steam and Hot Water Heaters.

Not many people graduate from Harvard at the age of 20 but Theodore Minot (who, understandably, went by T.M.) Clark did. Mr. Clark was born in Boston in 1845, the same ye...

"A" Dimension= distance water will rise in the drip at the end ofthe steam main, when there IS left-over steam pressure at the drip. AAV = automatic air vent (UK) ABS = A...

Clow made some very interesting radiators during the 1920s. Each was its own little heating system. Here's a LINK to a book that tells their story well.

Click here to access this catalog for Clow Gasteam Heating Systems from James B. Clow & Sons, published in 1929.

Listen to the audio recording of this article below or here. Thanks to Bryan Orr at HVACR School for creating this recording with our permission. If you ask a dozen peopl...

Looking for ways to stop water hammer in your steam heating system? Here is a list of common causes for water hammer and how to prevent noisy pipes. This is an excerpt fr...

You're looking for more pressure than you need. It doesn't take much pressure to heat a building. The Dead Men sized their pipes so that the steam would create a very sli...