business end of that Branford burner

Gene_3

and see what you find

there are so many weird burners fromt the past

like..

The Walthum

The GE Boiler

The Iron Fireman

Timken

Yorkheat {with the shutter air control that you had to open to get the assembly out!}

The Lennox Belt Drive Burner {what a winner that was}

Thatcher

Gene_3

Branford burner

Bruce Stevens had saked for more pics, sorry, I am late in responding, "life"


If you want a better shot of the assembly, let me know

I think I will see if the Branford Historical Society wants it for display.

mtfallsmikey

It reminds me of

The old Petro burner...same color, air shutter.

Gene_3

I think

the Petro was a copy.

The Branford burner was a very original design that helped give oil heat a good name, and was widely copied after

from the history I found on the Branford Burner...

" in 1864, the Totoket company was purchased by a group of men; James J. Walworth, Joseph Nason, and Emil and Thorvald F. Hammer, all of Boston. The name of the incorporation was changed to Malleable Iron Fittings.



Each of the four MIF founders had his own special talents. Walworth and Nason, who were brother-in-laws, were among the pioneers in the steam heating business in the U.S. they were the first in the country to heat buildings with steam. The Hammers, Emil and Thorvald had keen management skills; Emil was considered an able policy maker and administrator; Thorvald was an inventor whose inventions enabled the production of the entire finished pipe fitting at the plant. Before that it was necessary to send the fitting to Boston to be threaded and finished.



Forrester L. Hammer, grandson of the founder Thorvald, designed and developed the Branford Oil Burner in the 1930’s. The newly designed burner dispelled the public’s concern about oil burners (there had been numerous mishaps with other oil burners) and it became a standard product of the company. Burners for domestic, commercial and industrial heating were built at MIF."

EBEBRATT-Ed

It does look something like the "newer" Petro burner. But I seriously dout Petro copied Brandford. It was more likley the other way around.

Petro was around long before the 30s and made burners much, much older than this one.


ED