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Old steam part

stanzygo
stanzygo Member Posts: 10
in Strictly Steam
Hey was on a job and took this home because I was so confused and excited as to what this is. If anyone has seen one and knows what it is let me know!! I'd like to know also what it's function was. Has a date of 1919

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  • KC_Jones
    KC_Jones Member Posts: 5,796
    Improved air exhauster perhaps?
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  • vaporvac
    vaporvac Member Posts: 1,520
    Why did they take it out?
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  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,320
    edited February 2015
    KC nailed it. It's an air vent from an O-E System. It was mounted on the dry return and used an expanding post to close the vent, and the ball was a check valve that kept air from getting back in. This let the system go into vacuum as the coal pile burned down.

    The O-E, along with the Kriebel and the Richardson systems, was one of the few systems that would permit steam to enter the dry return.

    I believe O-E (like Milvaco and Sterling) was located in Milwaukee. Are you located in that area?
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  • stanzygo
    stanzygo Member Posts: 10
    Nope located in Massachusetts. There was two of these located on returns no longer hooked up. Boss had me take one and couldn't find out what it was..... So I tried here! Thanks very much for the info
  • Gordo
    Gordo Member Posts: 857
    Is the steam system you removed this from still operating?
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  • gerry gill
    gerry gill Member Posts: 3,078
    Here in the inventors own words
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  • stanzygo
    stanzygo Member Posts: 10
    Wow awesome where do you find stuff like that!!!!
  • icesailor
    icesailor Member Posts: 7,265
    You can't hang around here and not become smarter.

    Who'd a thunk?

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