One of the items that survived the company was a list of serial numbers and the years that they represented. This is only way to be sure what year a gauge had been made. If the serial number happened to fall into the years of 1895-1922. The serial number was always on the bottom of the dial face.
View attachment 207768 View attachment 207769 One of the items that survived the company was a list of serial numbers and the years that they represented. This is only way to be sure what year a gauge had been made. If the serial number happened to fall into the years of 1895-1922. The serial number was always on the bottom of the dial face
No, that's not my model. Yes, it is lovely. I'm just an N&W fan and knew their steam locomotives had the multiple safety valves in easy view.
I really want to go back through all of this. That photo of a boiler explosion result back in the beginning is a true reason for the safety valve invention.
Check out this report on boiler inspections by the Hartford Company from 1890. Now I know why there were so many explosions back then.
Association member photos. Many of the Ashton Valve executives and sales force belonged to industry groups.
The company produced Marine clocks. They made the clock body and companies like Seth Thomas, Chelsea Clock, and Howard made the clock works.
In the 1896 catalog there are a few items that were not produced by Ashton Valve but are related to the industry. Here are pages of a few of them.
most of the items the company produced could be repaired. Instruction Book #17 contained breakdowns and repair parts for most of them
