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This article is from The Manufacturer and Builder magazine and gets to the bottom of a very serious problem in 1884 when boilers were exploding.

In 1957, Sears, Roebuck and Co. sold complete heating systems to homeowners, and they put together this booklet showing step-by-step how to install these systems.

This is an excerpt of the Beacon Boiler Reference Book, Sixth Edition and includes ratings for boilers made prior to 1959. This section contains pages 1 through 26 and in...

Published in 1949, the Bell & Gossett Handbook (Second Edition) is a manual about the design and installation of forced-hot-water space-heating systems and service water-...

This article is from the Handbook of Construction Techniques circa 1960s. It reads: Keeping A Cool Head "After experiencing severe headaches for several days while wearin...

Here are a couple of ads from Johns-Manville Insulation touting the benefits of using asbestos insulation on the steam pipes of the Bank of Manhattan Building, the Chrysl...

Here is a circa-1949 patent from The Cleveland Heater Company for a water heating device with a corrosion protective anode. Gerry Gill tells us that this company was at t...

Here is a well-written booklet from The Patrol Valve Company that explains how anodes work. Thanks to Joe Szakacs for sharing this with us. 

 

Here is a circa-1949 patent for an anti-corrosion device in water heaters. Thanks to Joe Szakacs for sharing this with us.

Here is a circa-1929 patent on an early anode, courtesy of Joe Szakacs, one of the great old-timers.