Coal Boiler Ash Bins?

Dave Stroman

Here are a couple of photos of an old boiler with a very interesting mechanism under the floor. Looks like several pie shaped metal bins that rotated like a merry-go-round. Possibly used to catch the ash from the coal.
Anyone ever seen one like this?

bigugh_4

? different ?

Now that is different. I wonder why would you let the ash drop there only to have to raise it up and out ? Unless it was a efficiencie thing, Getting the ash to cool inside the building . I answered this such that it would make it on the wall longer. bigugh

Steamhead

That's a new one on me

I do know that some stoker makers had mechanical arrangements to dispose of the ashes, but have never seen one. Where is this job located? Have you been able to see any maker's info in this rig? Is that a Spencer boiler?

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Fred Robinson

ash bins?

What a great site. My sons house in Reading, Pa has a similar arrangement. The house was built in 1922 and has been converted to forced hot water. In this case the pie shaped segments have letters a-G for example and the center segment has numbers around the outer edge. I assumed it was a stoker. If you read the postings here long enough I suspect at some point most systems will be discussed.

Fred Robinson

ash bins?

What a great site. My sons house in Reading, Pa has a similar arrangement. The house was built in 1922 and has been converted to forced hot water. In this case the pie shaped segments have letters A-G for example and the center segment has numbers around the outer edge. I assumed it was a stoker. If you read the postings here long enough I suspect at some point most systems will be discussed.

Dave Stroman

The system was installed about 1910 in Denver. It appeared that the pie shaped bins rotated so there was always one directly under the boiler. You could use the shaker grate the knock all the ash and clinkers into the bin, then rotate it to the next one. As they come around to the opening in the floor in front of the boiler, you can remove the trap door and lift out one of the bins. How cool is that! Attached is what the new boilers look like.

Jack_23

Axeman anderson

makes the Anthratube (?. a Stoker coal boiler. Really neaat. Pete Axeman would probably know the details.