Heating the Henry Ford Museum

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Heating the Henry Ford Museum

The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI has an interesting hot-water heating system. Take a look at the radiators below. They are from the Shaw-Perkins Manufacturing Company of Pittsburgh, PA. Click the button above to download the original manufacturer's documentation for these radiators. Thank you to KC_Jones for sharing these photos with us.

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iMustangDude

How Fantastic!

RayWohlfarth

Can you imagine setting the large round one?

DanHolohan

It’s a wonderful museum. I couldn’t stop smiling at those radiators. By chance, I was visiting on the day that Rosa Parks died. I sat for a while in her seat on the bus. That also made me smile.

psb75

As a native Michigander I really appreciated this "blast-from-the-past". But, one question: shouldn't all of those prices have been redacted—as per website policy? (I kid).

mattmia2

I asked them about it and they sent me the architectural specification documents for the heating system. Not only are the documents for the radiators there but also for the boilers and the circulators. the circulators are some sort of separate pump and motor that are specified separately.

If you dig through the full specification it calls out those union y's that allow 2 radiators to stack under the windows. they were made by crane if I remember right.

https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/170619/heating-at-the-henry-ford

mattmia2

https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1864804#Comment_1864804

the round ones are actually like 6 radiators next to each other. they are a standard radiator with custom curved headers. it is detailed out in that specification. I remember going there as a kid and seeing one that was hanging partly over the base of the column that had been knocked out of position. I think that was when i realized they were radiators.

RayWohlfarth

They are still heavy LOL Thanks