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steamy ray vaughn
steamy ray vaughn Member Posts: 30
in Strictly Steam
Worked on the second oldest house in Davenport IA circa 1852 approx. The Moline system works great after a little tlc. both lwco's plugged 100%.  Brought my apprentice down to see the history not only of the home,  but of the men who came before us.

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  • nicholas bonham-carter
    nicholas bonham-carter Member Posts: 8,578
    Pictures please

    Any pictures will always be welcome--NBC
  • Dave in QCA
    Dave in QCA Member Posts: 1,788
    trying to guess

    Some of the really old ones are kind of obscure, so I'm trying to guess which house this might be. I'm gonna guess the place up on clay street with an LGB setting in a pit. I'm probably wrong though. Lots of great old houses in D'port.
    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
  • steamy ray vaughn
    steamy ray vaughn Member Posts: 30
    Dave in Qca

    Exactly!!  That is the house.  It is a really neay old place
  • Dave in QCA
    Dave in QCA Member Posts: 1,788
    pictures

    OK, Steamy confirmed the location of the house. Nicholas wants pics, and here is a link to the zillow information for when it was on the market.

    http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1533-Clay-St-Davenport-IA-52804/76852032_zpid/



    It was built 1852 in Davenport, Iowa when the population was just 3,500 people. A short 6 years later the town had grown to 16,677!
    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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