Steam era fittings and parts catalogs

WVNorthern · **Posted:** Sun Jan 12, 2020 3:17 pm

An Underwood portable boring machine. The H.B. Underwood Company made a lot of portable locomotive machines mainly for short lines without extensive shop facilities.

http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/im ... px?id=3922

Rick A · **Posted:** Fri Feb 07, 2020 10:40 pm

Well, now that we know where to get the parts, here are some books on what to do with the parts.

Track standards 1910
by Rehm, Norman F., ed

https://archive.org/details/trackstanda ... road+frogs

Practical track work 1915
by Van Auken, Kenneth L 1885-

https://archive.org/details/practicaltr ... road+frogs

The Road-master's Assistant and Section-master's Guide: A Manual of ...
by William S. Huntington , Charles Latimer

https://archive.org/details/roadmasters ... road+frogs

The trackman's helper. A pocket companion for track foreman generally ..1891
by Kindelan, Joseph

https://archive.org/details/trackmanshe ... road+frogs

Rick A · **Posted:** Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:32 pm

Here are 3 Sweets catalogues spanning the years 1917-1933. There are many differences between the 3 so check them out.

Sweet engineering catalogues : a file of manufacturers' catalogues of industrial building products, power plant equipment, material handling equipment, factory equipment.
by Sweet's Catalogue service

https://archive.org/details/sweetsengin ... +regulator

https://archive.org/details/SweetsEngin ... catalogues

https://archive.org/details/SweetEngine ... or+catalog

Rick A · **Posted:** Fri Mar 06, 2020 11:54 am

The Progress of Marine-engineering: From the Time of Watt Until the Present Day. With Sixty ...
by Thomas Main 1893

https://archive.org/details/progressmar ... am+engines

Steam boilers, engines and turbines 1908
by Walker, Sydney Ferris

https://archive.org/details/steamboiler ... am+engines

Steam And Other Engines 1907
by Duncan J

https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dl ... am+engines

Steam and Its Uses: Including the Steam Engine, the Locomotive, and Steam ...
by Dionysius Lardner 1856

https://archive.org/details/steamandits ... am+engines

Rick A · **Posted:** Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:30 pm

L.M.Rumsey MFG Co.: Illustrated catalogue of plumbers, gas and steam fitters, machinists, engine builder and railroad supplies. 1885
by L. M. Rumsey Co.

https://archive.org/details/L.M.RumseyC ... m+fittings

Eclipse steam specialties, catalog D. 1920
by Illinois Engineering Co

https://archive.org/details/IllinoisEng ... ure+gauges

Lidgerwood cableways for hoisting and conveying : this section of the cableway catalog shows typical installations of Lidgerwood cableways for building dams and locks
by Lidgerwood Manufacturing Company. 1912
https://archive.org/details/LidgerwoodC ... y+catalogs

Rick A · **Posted:** Sat Apr 18, 2020 4:19 pm

Hand-book of the Locomotive: Including the Construction, Running, and Management of Locomotive ...1890
by Stephen Roper

https://archive.org/details/handbookloc ... am+engines

Rick A · **Posted:** Tue Apr 21, 2020 10:56 pm

The engineer's epitome 1892
by Smith, N[ewton], J. [from old catalog]

https://archive.org/details/engineersep ... team+gauge

Boiler accessories; 1909
by American School of Correspondence; Leland, Walter S. [from old catalog]

https://archive.org/details/boileracces ... team+gauge

Forged steel water-tube marine boilers .. 1914
by Babcock & Wilcox Company

https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_fhaD ... team+gauge

Specifications for triple-expansion twin-screw propelling engines, with boilers and auxiliary machinery, for an armored cruiser about 9100 tons cruising displacement, to make a speed of twenty knots per hour at a displacement of 8150 tons.
by United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Engineering 1892

https://archive.org/details/specificati ... eam+gauges

David Dewey · **Posted:** Wed Apr 22, 2020 12:17 am

Because of my dial-up connection I haven't been able to look at the illustrations, but the description of the 1914 B & W forged steel watertube marine boilers fits the description of the boilers put in the Delta King and Delta Queen steamboats in 1928--they were/are surplus navy boilers that were brand-new then, although some 14 years old! Designed for 450 lbs steam, the DQ & DK ran them at 250 lbs (this is all from memory, so if im off a bit, sorry!), which is one reason they lasted clear until now. The proposal to sail the DQ again calls for new boilers, so these have apparently, run out of life, either mechanically or economically.
On a locomotive, you just lift the boiler off the frame, on a steamboat, the dang'd things are buried in the hull under all that superstructure!

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Rick A · **Posted:** Sun Apr 26, 2020 11:04 pm

Bristol's recording instruments manufactured by the Bristol Company, Waterbury, Conn., U.S.A. 1925
by Bristol Company

https://archive.org/details/BristolsRec ... am++gauges

The Cameron & Barkley Company : Machinery and Supplies : Catalogue D 1911
by Cameron & Barkley Co.

https://archive.org/details/CameronAndB ... am++gauges

sandiapaul · **Posted:** Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:55 am

Thanks Richard for the Baker stuff!

Now does anyone have a Pyle National catalog? Especially the smaller stuff like junction boxes and such.

Rick A · **Posted:** Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:53 pm

Sheet metal and supply co. - catalogue f.
by Sheet Metal and Supply Co

https://archive.org/details/SheetMetalS ... and+gauges

Handy Notes and Queries : A Manual of Useful Information of Especial Importance to Dealers in Hardware, Stoves and Tinware : Southern and Western Edition
by Henry Hopkins & Co. 1889

https://archive.org/details/HenryHopkin ... and+gauges

Canadian Machinery 1908-39

https://archive.org/details/canadianmac ... and+gauges

Rick A · **Posted:** Tue Oct 13, 2020 1:32 pm

Pittsburgh Gage & Supply Company Blue Book of Supplies : Catalogue No. 12
by Pittsburgh Gage & Supply Co. 1913

https://archive.org/details/PittsburghG ... p?q=ashton

Dick_Morris · **Posted:** Wed Oct 14, 2020 6:08 am

Sunbeam headlights, 1938
https://digital.hagley.org/08145553_sun ... locomotive

Rick A · **Posted:** Sun Feb 28, 2021 11:02 am

Manning, Maxwell & Moore : Illustrated Catalogue of Railway and Machinists' Tools and Supplies
by Manning, Maxwell & Moore 1894

https://archive.org/details/ManningMaxw ... 7/mode/2up

Rick A · **Posted:** Sun Feb 28, 2021 11:13 am

Millers Falls Company : Catalogue No. H 1912
by Millers Falls Co.
https://archive.org/details/MillersFall ... 1/mode/2up

George Farmiloe & Sons' General Catalogue : Tools 1885
by George Farmiloe & Sons
https://archive.org/details/georgefarmi ... s/mode/2up

Britannia Company : No. 4 Catalogue of Engineers' Tools etc. 1894
by Britannia Co.
https://archive.org/details/BritanniaCo ... e/mode/2up

Descriptive Catalogue of Patented Hardware Specialties Manufactured by the Enterprise Manufacturing Company : 1904
by Enterprise Manufacturing Co.
https://archive.org/details/EnterpriseM ... 5/mode/2up

Steam era fittings and parts catalogs

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