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Mattress Radiator...WOW!

masterplumb
masterplumb Member Posts: 93
in THE MAIN WALL
I saw my first mattres radiator today...What a thing of beauty to see one up close. Although it was for a hot water system. Chris

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  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,609
    It changes you.

    Doesn't it?
    Retired and loving it.
  • Patchogue Phil_12
    Patchogue Phil_12 Member Posts: 6
    Ok I'll bite....

    ..... what's a mattress radiator? Got any pictures?

  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,609
    That's the

    first radiator, Phil. There's a photo of it in The Lost Art of Steam Heating.

    Or you can stop by our place in Bethpage and see the real deal. We have one in our little museum.
    Retired and loving it.
  • Patchogue Phil_12
    Patchogue Phil_12 Member Posts: 6


    First as in first ever made or first as in the first radiator from the heat source?

    Why "mattress"? Does it look like a mattress or does it go in/under a mattress?

  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,609
    It's from

    1853. It was patented by Stephen Gold and the first commercially successful radiator in the world. It was made from two plates of iron. The unit is about five feet wide by 3-1/2 feet high. It's only a quarter of an inch thick. It has several hundred rivets across its surface, which makes it look like a mattress. It hung on the wall and was very similar to modern European panel radiators.
    Retired and loving it.
  • masterplumb
    masterplumb Member Posts: 93
    It

    sure does.This was for a h.w. system. Did they make the mattress rads for h.w. systems or do you think it was converted from steam? Chris
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,609
    Must have been

    converted.
    Retired and loving it.
  • kframe
    kframe Member Posts: 66


    Ok...

    How the heck did it operate, then, if it was only 1/4" thick?
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