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.
This is an excerpt from the Beacon Boiler Reference Book and includes ratings for boilers made between 1959 and 1972. This section contains pages A20 through A43 and incl...
This is an excerpt from the Beacon Boiler Reference Book and includes ratings for boilers made between 1959 and 1972. This section contains pages A44 through A62 and incl...
I started going to the every-odd-year ISH show in Frankfurt, Germany in 1990 and haven’t missed one since. I feel quite comfortable in Frankfurt. So much so that there’s ...
This section contains pages A63 through A84 and includes ratings for these manufacturers: Portmar Boiler Co., Inc., Penn Boiler Div. Pebbco Industries, Inc., Rheem Mfg. C...
Thanks to Bob Kramer for scanning this hard-to-find installation/operating booklet from Sears about the Homart Gas-Fired Boiler.
Here is a booklet from the American Radiator Company that will give you a good sense of how hands-on the proposition of owning a heating system used to be. Special thanks...
This brochure was published in 1936 by the U.S. Department of Commerce, all in the interest of saving fuel and improving comfort when it comes to heating systems. Thanks ...
In their day, Sears had it all over today's home centers when it came to heating, as you'll see. This is from 1927. We've included only the section on heating.