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  1. Rick A

    Ashton Valve Company

    Another 14" diameter pressure gage recently acquired. I can't be positive, but I'm estimating it's from the mid 1930s.
  2. Rick A

    Ashton Valve Company

    Another recent aquasition, a water gage. It's imossible to date this one as there is no serial number on the gage face. I've included a catalog page from 1928 for information about the gages purpose.
  3. Rick A

    Ashton Valve Company

    I recently picked up this nice chrome plated pressure gage.
  4. Rick A

    Ashton Valve Company

    Another ebay acquisition. This is a celluloid bridge counter. It would have been handed out at expositions and trade shows. I don't know a thing about playing bridge, so maybe someone can fill me in about this one.
  5. Rick A

    Ashton Valve Company

    I recently purchased this 1912 advert that was printed in the Practical Engineer journal.
  6. Rick A

    Ashton Valve Company

    I recently found these full page adverts from old trade journals.
  7. Rick A

    Ashton Valve Company

    I also found a pocket size caisson gage used to measure air pressure while working in a caisson. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caisson_(engineering)
  8. Rick A

    Ashton Valve Company

    I recently picked an an Ashton illuminated pressure gage with translucent glass to alow the light to pass through the gage face. The electrical element is missing but it looks like it could be replaced without too much difficulty.
  9. Rick A

    Need ID on Railroad tool

    I came across this at a railroad museum in Wakefield, NH. Someone thought it was a ballast tool. It's about 3 1/2 to 4 feet long. Any ideas?
  10. Rick A

    Railroad Bridges

    American railroad bridges by Cooper, Theodore, 1839-1919 https://archive.org/details/americanrailroad00coop/page/n1/mode/2up?q=railroad+bridges
  11. Rick A

    Railroad Bridges

    Bridgeport’s Chicago & Alton Railroad Bridge by Patrick McBriarty https://forgottenchicago.com/articles/bridgeports-chicago-alton-railroad-bridge/ https://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=illinois/chicagoaltonrr/
  12. Rick A

    Railroad Bridges

    A pictorial history of the first railroad bridge across the Mississippi River and its three successors by Curtis C. Roseman http://www.riveraction.org/bridgehistory
  13. Rick A

    Ashton Valve Company

    part 2
  14. Rick A

    Ashton Valve Company

    I picked up an Ashton wheel press recording gage on ebay. It needs a couple of parts but I think I can find them. 70 pounds!
  15. Rick A

    Railroad Bridges

    I visited the Livermore Falls lenticular truss bridge. Quite a history and still popular with "jumpers". https://bridgehunter.com/nh/grafton/livermore-falls/ http://livermorefalls.org/wp-content/uploads/Livermore-Falls-Gorge-historic-lenticular-truss-bridge.pdf
  16. Rick A

    Railroad Bridges

    It must have something to do with this: https://case.edu/ech/articles/n/nickel-plate-road
  17. Rick A

    Railroad Bridges

    Tariffville Bridge Disaster https://www.structuremag.org/?p=17148
  18. Rick A

    Railroad Bridges

    The Point Ellice Bridge Failure https://www.structuremag.org/?p=18608
  19. Rick A

    Railroad Bridges

    The Ghost Bridge of Amish Village in Sarasota, Florida. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Ghost_Bridge_of_Amish_Village_in_Sarasota,_Florida.jpg
  20. Rick A

    Vintage Tools and MAchines

    F. W. Reynolds & Co. : Illustrated Catalogue of Builders' Machinery and Appliances : August,1876 https://archive.org/details/FWReynoldsCatalogue1876/page/n3/mode/2up


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