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Rick A
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I'm always coming across old steam parts and fitting catalogs in my online research of Ashton Valve. I find them fascinating. Maybe you will too.


Crane Co. 1917

https://archive.org/details/valvesfittingsfo00cranrich/page/n5?q=safety+valves%2C+steam+whistles


Illinois Malleable Iron Co. 1916
https://archive.org/details/valvesfittingsfo00cranrich/page/n5?q=safety+valves%2C+steam+whistles


Best, Fox and Co. 1894
https://archive.org/details/catalogueofbestf00best/page/n9?q=ashton+valve+steam+whistles


Walworth 1905
https://archive.org/details/WalworthMfgCoPocketCatalogueMay1905/page/n9?q=ashton+valve+steam+whistles

Burnett Co. 1900
https://archive.org/details/BurnetCoSuppliesCatalogueNo11900/page/n3?q=ashton+valve


Condensed catalog 1916
https://archive.org/details/CondCatOfMechEquipVol61916?q=ashton+valve
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I found a couple of hand books. The work manager's guide even mentions how to handle shop injuries.


https://archive.org/details/worksmanagersha00huttgoog/page/n10?q=crosby+valve

https://archive.org/details/modelengineersh00haslgoog/page/n8?q=crosby+valve

https://archive.org/details/smithwinchesteri00smit_0/page/n7?q=ashton+valve
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here's one that offers advice in running your Railway shop.
https://archive.org/details/railwayshopupto01haiggoog/page/n5?q=locomotive+repair+parts


And one from England!

Ashton & Green, Limited: Slate, Tile, Brick, Cement, Marble, and Iron Manufacturers and Merchants 1887
https://archive.org/details/AshtonAndGreenLimited1887?q=ashton+valve


The Westinghouse automatic and straight air-brake combined E. T. equipment and machinery. Questions and answers with their defects and remedies ..
https://archive.org/details/westinghouseauto00deal/page/n3?q=history+of+pessure+gauges
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Practical points, a handbook for... engineers
by Farnum, John S. [from old catalog] 1903
https://archive.org/details/practicalpointsh00farn/page/n5?q=steam+whistles


Price-list of plumbers' brass work, copper, iron, and earthen ware, and plumbing materials manufactured by Hayden, Gere & Co. : for sale by Dalton & Ingersoll, no. 19 Union St., Boston.
by Dalton-Ingersoll Company 1866
https://archive.org/details/pricelistofplumb00dalt/page/n5?q=steam+whistles


Catalogue "B", pumps and hydraulic machinery for every service ..
by Goulds Manufacturing Co 1900
https://archive.org/details/cataloguebpumpsh00goul/page/n5?q=steam+whistles
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Hand-book of the Locomotive: Including the Construction, Running, and Management of Locomotive ...1890
by Stephen Roper

https://archive.org/details/handbooklocomot00ropegoog/page/n12/mode/2up/search/marine+steam+engines?q=marine+steam+engines
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Steam boilers, engines and turbines 1908
by Walker, Sydney Ferris

https://archive.org/details/steamboilersengi00walkrich/page/n9/mode/2up/search/steam+engines?q=steam+engines


Steam And Other Engines 1907
by Duncan J

https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.241084/page/n3/mode/2up/search/steam+engines?q=steam+engines


Steam and Its Uses: Including the Steam Engine, the Locomotive, and Steam ...1856
by Dionysius Lardner

https://archive.org/details/steamanditsuses01lardgoog/page/n10/mode/2up/search/steam+engines?q=steam+engines


The engineer's epitome 1892
by Smith, N[ewton], J. [from old catalog]

https://archive.org/details/engineersepitome00smit/page/n5/mode/2up/search/steam+gauge?q=steam+gauge


Boiler accessories; 1909
by American School of Correspondence; Leland, Walter S. [from old catalog]

https://archive.org/details/boileraccessori00techgoog/page/n6/mode/2up/search/steam+gauge?q=steam+gauge


Forged steel water-tube marine boilers .. 1914
by Babcock & Wilcox Company

https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_fhaDAAAAIAAJ/page/n3/mode/2up/search/steam+gauge?q=steam+gauge


Specifications for triple-expansion twin-screw propelling engines, with boilers and auxiliary machinery, for an armored cruiser about 9100 tons cruising displacement, to make a speed of twenty knots per hour at a displacement of 8150 tons.
by United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Engineering 1892

https://archive.org/details/specificationsfo00unit_6/page/n5/mode/2up/search/steam+gauges?q=steam+gauges
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Bristol's recording instruments manufactured by the Bristol Company, Waterbury, Conn., U.S.A.
by Bristol Company 1925

https://archive.org/details/BristolsRecordingInstrumentsManufacturedByTheBristolCompanyWaterbury/mode/2up/search/recording%2C+vacuum%2C+steam++gauges?q=recording%2C+vacuum%2C+steam ++gauges


The Cameron & Barkley Company : Machinery and Supplies : Catalogue D
by Cameron & Barkley Co. 1911

https://archive.org/details/CameronAndBarkleyCoCatalogueD1911/page/n7/mode/2up/search/ashton?q=recording%2C+vacuum%2C+steam++gauges
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Sheet metal and supply co. - catalogue f.
by Sheet Metal and Supply Co

https://archive.org/details/SheetMetalSupplyCo/mode/2up/search/ammonia+valves+and+gauges?q=ammonia+valves+and+gauges


Handy Notes and Queries : A Manual of Useful Information of Especial Importance to Dealers in Hardware, Stoves and Tinware : Southern and Western Edition
by Henry Hopkins & Co. 1889

https://archive.org/details/HenryHopkinsHandyNotes1889/mode/2up/search/ammonia+valves+and+gauges?q=ammonia+valves+and+gauges


Canadian Machinery 1908-39

https://archive.org/details/canadianmachiner2205torouoft/mode/2up/search/ammonia+valves+and+gauges?q=ammonia+valves+and+gauges
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