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Has anyone ever seen radiators like these?

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in Strictly Steam
Decided to start another thread to share some pictures.



I am looking for some history on these radiators. I am curious of their age, manufacturer, etc? I know one of them has a patent number from 1874 and is roman column style. The other wrought iron tubular types I have never seen before.



I love these radiators. Any one know anything? Just curious.

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  • nicholas bonham-carter
    nicholas bonham-carter Member Posts: 8,578
    similar to mine

    since my vents are so quiet [or i am deaf], i have an extra gauge mounted, so i can see when it is firing. the house was built in 1885.--nbc
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Nice!!

    My house was built around 1880 as well. I love the marble top on that one. Is it removable? My wife will be jealous. Have you ever had any of them repainted?



    I have noticed most of my older vents are quite loud. I recently replaced one that was stuck with one like yours and it is now nice and quiet. The Maid o Mist #40 works great.
  • Maine Vent
    Maine Vent Member Posts: 130
    I believe these are Crane radiators

    I have 4 of these 2 pipe Crane radiators in my home circa 1842. I also have 5, 1 pipe radiators in the same home. As you can a lot of marble on top and some on the base. I have never seen these radiators refinished. I can imagine a nice powder coat finish would look very nice. These rads are in Dan's book Every Darn Radiator (E D R). Mine heat very well when I have them heated all the way across.
    Weil McLean SGO4, Riello Gas Burner
    404 sq ft EDR
    Old Burnham V8 Removal
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    edited January 2011
    These are good radiators

    Nice marble base. I have seen that book in my google searches. I think i'll have to pick it up. Thanks for sharing!
  • Dave in QCA
    Dave in QCA Member Posts: 1,788
    Very Nice!

    My experience is that those old Hoffman #40s are about as silent as you can get.  Cool set up on the gauge,and those early wrought tube rads are cool.  We had some really similar beauties at Terrace Hill, with marble tops, that had been saved of historical accuracy, even though everything had been converted to commercial air handling type set up.  Terrace Hill was built in 1867-1869 and the steam heat was original!
    Dave in Quad Cities, America
    Weil-McLain 680 with Riello 2-stage burner, December 2012. Firing rate=375MBH Low, 690MBH Hi.
    System = Early Dunham 2-pipe Vacuo-Vapor (inlet and outlet both at bottom of radiators) Traps are Dunham #2 rebuilt w. Barnes-Jones Cage Units, Dunham-Bush 1E, Mepco 1E, and Armstrong TS-2. All valves haveTunstall orifices sized at 8 oz.
    Current connected load EDR= 1,259 sq ft, Original system EDR = 2,100 sq ft Vaporstat, 13 oz cutout, 4 oz cutin - Temp. control Tekmar 279.
    http://grandviewdavenport.com
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