Ashton Valve company

I went through a 1920’s catalog of their products and I don’t see any type of check valve at all. Only lots of safety valves and a few water relief valves.

Ashton · November 15, 2019, 10:09pm

most of the items the company produced could be repaired. Instruction Book #17 contained breakdowns and repair parts for most of them

https://www.smokstak.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=349049&d=1573767958

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Ashton · November 15, 2019, 10:12pm

A few items from my collection.

https://www.smokstak.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=348958&d=1573616896

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Ashton · November 22, 2019, 11:12pm

In the past when steam trains let off excess steam at a station the noise could be extremely loud. The city of Boston looked into this problem as the complaints mounted up. Ashton Valve came up with a solution that proved very popular with the Train companies. A muffler! Same idea as on automobiles. And the blow back valves actually saved steam that used to be wasted.

https://www.smokstak.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=349421&d=1574050581

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Ashton · November 22, 2019, 11:14pm

The state of Massachusetts looked into the noise problem of steam locomotives and here’s a copy of a report.

https://www.smokstak.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=349430&d=1574050885

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Ashton · December 1, 2019, 1:33pm

Ashton patent steam gage.
Ashton Valve bought out the Boston Steam Gauge company in 1892 and entered the gauge market.
They immediately offered their own Ashton patent steam gage. The 1896 catalog page says the item was patented in 1891, a year before they even purchased the Boston Steam Gauge company, who they purchased for a particular patent BSG owned. I wonder if it’s the same patent?

https://www.smokstak.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=349708&d=1574357636

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Ashton · December 3, 2019, 10:29am

The ideal alarm gauge was another practical item that could come in handy if the boiler room mechanic happened to fall asleep! When the pressure went too high, a loud alarm would go off.

https://www.yardlimits.com/filedata/fetch?id=655917&d=1575387060

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Ashton · December 5, 2019, 5:03pm

Pictures for the Ideal alarm gauge:

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Ashton · December 15, 2019, 7:54pm

Although it wasn’t among the most important product they produced(they rarely advertised whistles), Ashton Valve offered a number of them. Here are some catalog pages and some drawings.

https://www.smokstak.com/forum/threads/ashton-valve-steam-whistles.189640/#lg=post-1602279&slide=0

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Here are the drawi

Ashton · March 6, 2020, 10:15am

The wheel press recording gaueg was another useful Ashton product.

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Ashton · March 6, 2020, 10:20am

What better way to make a gauge easier to read in a dark boiler room than to illuminate it? I found one from around 1900 where the bulb was fixed behind the gauge, not always practical. Here’s what Ashton Valve came up with.