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How's this for an Old-Timer?

DanHolohan
DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,600
in THE MAIN WALL
I visited this one last week. It's nearly 100 years old and still running. 
Retired and loving it.

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  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,384
    I still see these once in a while

    though most have had their gas and limit controls upgraded. Looks like that one is pretty much original! What kind of system is it hooked up to- one-pipe? Vapor?
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  • pecmsg
    pecmsg Member Posts: 5,292
    Boiler

    Dan

    After all these years you’re finally changing your boiler!

     

    Now that’s steam piping
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,600
    It's a two-pipe Dunham system

    Everything is original and in good working order. You would have loved it. 
    Retired and loving it.
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,600
    Wish it was mine.

    It was all very steam-punky in this place. Lots of fun.
    Retired and loving it.
  • Char80
    Char80 Member Posts: 4
    Looking good..

    Amazing that it still works well too. Just goes the show that the old cliche of they don't make things like they used to has a sound basis.
  • Tim McElwain
    Tim McElwain Member Posts: 4,642
    Seen a few of these in

    my day. The training at the gas company in the 1960's still included these gas control systems. We eventually changed most of these over to Powerpile Systems.
  • SWEI
    SWEI Member Posts: 7,356
    Mechanical gas controls

    Had to go back and look at the first photo again after reading Tim's comment.



    Is that just an on/off control, or does it modulate on pressure?
  • Charlie from wmass
    Charlie from wmass Member Posts: 4,372
    I know it has worked for 100 years

    but I had to comment that they never used 6" nipples between the elbow and the header as we insist on today.
    Cost is what you spend , value is what you get.

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  • OSCO1923
    OSCO1923 Member Posts: 5
    A good boiler should last 100 years

    This is living proof!!!

    There was an error rendering this rich post.

  • jumper
    jumper Member Posts: 2,385
    hindsight

    Instead of replacing old boiler there was the option of adding economizers to improve efficiency. Old boiler can outlast its replacements.
  • nicholas bonham-carter
    nicholas bonham-carter Member Posts: 8,578
    Economies?

    What form do these take? Maybe it would be a coil of water in the flue.--NBC
  • jumper
    jumper Member Posts: 2,385
    economizers

    In the seventies Fulton offered different models. Governments and GasInstitute helped pay to instal and test. Water tube absolutely required a flow switch to shut down boiler when circulation failed. There was also a fire tube which was supposed to be more robust. In cold weather the issue was what to do with that energy.
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