What is this - maybe not heating related?
My neighbor in PA, Bill, was cleaning up one of his many structures on his property and found this. Any idea of what it is? It's definitely some sort of plumbing related with the pipes and valve and interestingly was made in NYC. Knowing NYC, as I do, I'm almost positive there's no manufacture on Beekman St. anymore (or most of NYC!).
I do find the square nuts (and the bolt heads underneath ) interesting. Easy to hold with a wrench and probably before ratchets were around.
Thanks,
Alex
Lost in SOHO NYC and Balmy Whites Valley PA
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Alex..Nason made radiators & heating items...can you photograph underside? Mad Dog
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I like the little steering wheel...Steamhead will know....Dan too. Mad Dog
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Looks like a manual/hand pump
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I'll get some more photos, but the bottom was just a sealed cylinder, narrower than the top, and somewhat rusty. It made me think that the bottom was put in some sort of heating system to heat the contents.
"Let me control you"
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Or maybe a new looking building in New York, NY 10038
National - U.S. Gas Boiler 45+ Years Old
Steam 300 SQ. FT. - EDR 347
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Steam Trap???
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looks like either a pressure regulator or a pilot operated valve.
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Yep, I was thinking regulator.
Trying to squeeze the best out of a Weil-McLain JB-5 running a 1912 1 pipe system.
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Could be either of these. @DanHolohan , does the General Society have anything on this?
I don't know everything………….
All Steamed Up, Inc.
Towson, MD, USA
Steam, Vapor & Hot-Water Heating Specialists
Oil & Gas Burner Service
Consulting
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Maybe this…
Bottom of the first screenshot says the 'Nason' Trap of this type is best known. Second shot has a drawing that could be it… Credit to "Stem Heat for Buildings", John Baldwin, 1893
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So, it may be the first "bucket trap" and was invented and made in NYC.
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Retired and loving it.2
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@The Wire Nut , was this trap hooked up to something or just sitting there?
All Steamed Up, Inc.
Towson, MD, USA
Steam, Vapor & Hot-Water Heating Specialists
Oil & Gas Burner Service
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That looks like an early pilot that was once on a steam generator valve similar to what Spence might offer today only more crude. It may also have doubled as a primer that would bypass a large gate valve serving a steam main.
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Good catch @Illinoisfarmer
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Hi all,
Thank you for the many informative responses. I'll share them with neighbor Bill. @Steamhead, he found it sitting on the floor of the old house on his property (one of a few!) and he said that house was steam heated. There was also a factory on the property years ago, though it was originally fed by water turbines from the creek running through the property. So it may have been something in the factory too. I'll get those additional photos. Should he open it up to see what's inside?
And just going through Dan's article, I remember that Magical History Tour so clearly, especially my "Alex Standard Time" or as I say, I'm always 10 minutes early, to being an hour late!
Alex
"Let me control you"
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Found it referenced in the May 23, 1903 edition of Scientific American- article on "Common steam traps".
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