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Rick A
 Post subject: Re: Ashton Valve Company
PostPosted: Sat Jan 25, 2020 5:46 pm 

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1902 National Association of Stationary Engineers Boston,Ma.

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1904 St Louis World's Fair

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1904 Stationary Engineers

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1907 Stationary Engineers Convention Niagra Falls

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 Post subject: Re: Ashton Valve Company
PostPosted: Sat Jan 25, 2020 5:48 pm 

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1921 Boston Textile show

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1921 NYC Marine Expo

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Rick A
 Post subject: Re: Ashton Valve Company
PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 11:46 pm 

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What better way to make a gauge easier to read in a dark boiler room than to illuminate it? I found one from around 1900 where the bulb was fixed behind the gauge, not always practical. Here's what Ashton Valve came up with.

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 Post subject: Re: Ashton Valve Company
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 Post subject: Re: Ashton Valve Company
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Rick A
 Post subject: Re: Ashton Valve Company
PostPosted: Fri Feb 21, 2020 6:27 pm 

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The 1920 catalog included a few pages explaining the reasons that the Ashton pop safety valve was superior to it's competition.

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Rick A
 Post subject: Re: Ashton Valve Company
PostPosted: Wed Feb 26, 2020 11:22 pm 

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I love the old advertisement art. Besides some beautiful fonts used for the lettering you can get a good look at many of the other products being advertised. A bit of a time capsule.



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Rick A
 Post subject: Re: Ashton Valve Company
PostPosted: Tue Mar 10, 2020 11:10 pm 

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I picked up a nice gauge today. 14" pressure gauge made for the Heine Boiler co.



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Rick A
 Post subject: Re: Ashton Valve Company
PostPosted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 1:47 pm 

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In 1900 The US was negotiating trade treaties with other countries, including France, to reduce the tariffs and sell more US goods overseas. Many US firms contacted the President, McKinley, to express their support for a new treaty. Ashton Valve was one of them.

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 Post subject: Re: Ashton Valve Company
PostPosted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 6:10 pm 

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Some old articles about safety valves.

Power magazine 1913

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Engineering Practice & Theory 1901

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Safety Valve sizes 1909

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 Post subject: Re: Ashton Valve Company
PostPosted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 11:22 am 

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Information from the 1922 book, Engines and Boilers

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 Post subject: Re: Ashton Valve Company
PostPosted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 4:24 pm 

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Ashton recording gauge circular #73

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 Post subject: Re: Ashton Valve Company
PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2020 10:43 am 

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An old advert from an 1894 periodical "Around the Lakes". It was put out by the Detroit Drydock Company , a ship building company from around the turn of the century. Here is some information about the company.Henry Ford worked there when he was 17.

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 Post subject: Re: Ashton Valve Company
PostPosted: Mon Apr 13, 2020 10:15 am 

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Antique Maine Central Railroad Locomotive Steam Gauge c. 1895 Converted to Mantle Clock

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 Post subject: Re: Ashton Valve Company
PostPosted: Mon Apr 13, 2020 10:18 am 

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Ashton Valve only used Jessop Steel, a UK steel manufacturer from Sheffield England for their valve springs. Here is some information about the company. Catalog page from the 1896 catalog.

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