Richmond Floorline Radiator
Here is a circa-1929 from the Richmond Radiator Company featuring their Richmond Floorline Radiator for heating.
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Rome Brass Convectors
This document contains information and ratings for Rome Brass Radiators for concealed radiation from the Rome Brass Radiator Corp. Thanks to Frank "Steamhead" Wilsey for ...
Round-Radiator Photos
Thanks to Scott Albrecht, Pipe Shop Repair Foreman, Planning Design & Construction, Cornell University for taking and sharing photos of these circular radiators.
Scott Valve Company Radiators
The Scott Valve Company of Chicago printed this catalog in 1915 showcasing their radiators, along with radiator ratings. You'll find the Niagra radiator, the Triumph radi...
Standard Radiator Manufacturing Co. Plain and Ornamental Radiators (1898)
This circa-1898 booklet from the Standard Radiator Manufacturing Co. contains information about their plain and ornamental radiators. Thanks to Bob Moore for finding and ...
Sun Radiators and Heaters
This unique circa-1905 catalog is from the U.S. Radiator and Boiler Company of Pittsburg, PA and contains some very hard-to-find radiator ratings for Sun Radiators and He...
Table of Estimated Radiation
Written by Harry B. Perrigo in 1913, these four pages of simplified sizing information for heating systems must have been in the pockets of many a Dead Man over the years...
Trane Heat Cabinets
This is a brochure about Trane Heat Cabinets calling them "the greatest advancement of the age in the field of heating" and "successors to the radiator." Thanks to Frank ...
U.S. Capitol Radiators
This brochure for Capitol Radiators is from 1928 and was published by the United States Radiator Corporation. Special thanks to Mike Thies for scanning this for us.
Vento Cast Iron Heaters
This is an excerpt from The Ideal Fitter, which the American Radiator Company published yearly back in the day. It features the Vento Cast Iron Heater. It reads, "Just as...