Who invented the Hartford loop?

steamfitter

I think this is a question Dan would like. The Hartford loop may have originated in Hartford , CT, and from the Hartford Insurance Co., but I'm guessing there must have been one individual that came up with the near boiler piping detail that keeps water in the boiler even if the wet return springs a leak.
Who was that person?
Wish I knew something about them?

DanHolohan

I wish I knew.

Larry Weingarten

Hello, It might be time for some research. Somebody who works for The Hartford... somebody in a back room somewhere just might know, or knows where to look. No doubt "The Wall" would like to hear the story of discovery!

Yours, Larry

Jon_blaney

Invented in the U.S. in 1919 by the Hartford Steam Boiler and Inspection Company in response to an unacceptable rate of steam boiler damage, loss, and even explosions, the Hartford Loop is a piping arrangement at the steam boiler condensate return line that allows condensate to re-enter the boiler but prevents complete loss of steam boiler water should a leak develop elsewhere in the condensate return line.

Today the company refers to itself as the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company (founded in 1866) - not to be confused with the Hartford Fire Insurance Company (founded in 1810).

Google is a wonderful thing.

Danny Scully

You gotta read more than the title @Jon_blaney

Steamhead

Perhaps the question should read: Who was the member of the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company that came up with what we now call the Hartford Loop?