Larry Weingarten, who knows more about water heaters than most of us, shared this circa-1932 booklet about The Danger of Food Contamination by Aluminum. We include it in ...
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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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I was having a conversation the other day with Mr. Ara Marcus Daniels, who is quite dead. I do such things because I have time on my hands and not much of a life. We were...
This catalog contains The H.B. Smith Company's complete line of boilers and radiators in 1929.
This is a catalog from the National Radiator Company from 1926 showcasing their boilers and radiators.
This catalog from the National Radiator Company dates back to 1903 and features their Solus and Imperial radiators.
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.
Click here to access this catalog for Clow Gasteam Heating Systems from James B. Clow & Sons, published in 1929.
It was a real battle in the early days of heating. There were steamfitters and then there were the hot water people. I have a wonderful old ad from Honeywell that goes ba...