boiler plate

daveyop

i have an old fitzgibbons boiler in our recreation hall,it needs yearly inspection and every year it fails cause there is no plate that describes what it is. how can i get the plate? is there a model # somewhere that i can match to? 

Charlie from wmass

not that simple.

if it keeps failing why do you keep it? I think JPF who posts here had one maybe he saved his plate. But he can also tell you how much cheaper it is without the old fitzy running.

Alan (California Radiant) Forbes

Fitzgibbons

Does it look like this?



http://www.flickr.com/photos/asbestos_pix/4429694421/



Here's a note from someone of import:



http://www.boilerroom.com/wwwboard/messages4/2290.shtml



and from a collector:



http://www.boilerroom.com/wwwboard/goforum/653.shtml



and some history:



http://www.askfitz.com/public/page.do?page.ID=100259



And I'm sure all of these people would be interested to know of an existing Fitzgibbons boiler still in use.  Couldn't be that many still out there.

Robert_25

Fired on oil?

You could try posting pictures of the unit here and hope that someone knows what it is.  If that beast is fired on oil there is probably a lot of room for savings with an upgrade. 



As a side story, my dad is currently running a 1954 Electric-Furnace-Man Model 520 Coal Stoker Boiler.  The boiler itself was made for EFM by Fitzgibbon Boiler Company.  The boiler has 21 firetubes, and holds 54 gallons of water.  At 100,000 btu's/hr input you can nearly hold your hand on the flue pipe.  I have never seen better workmanship on any piece of heating equipment.



-Rob

Mike Kusiak_2

Fitzgibbons 402

Here is a link to jpf321's photo gallery of his old Fitzgibbons. Perhaps his is what you have?



http://picasaweb.google.com/jpf321/Fitzgibbons400Boiler?authkey=Gv1sRgCNOPnfifvI7MNA#

nicholas bonham-carter

fabulous pictures

thanks for posting these. without the asbestos, you can see the wonderful details.

when are we going to be able to have an old boilers calendar, complete with pictures of their grizzled old attendants? forget the tee-shirts, i want a calendar!--nbc