Re: Ashton Valve Company #1541319 by Rick A Fri May 01, 2020 6:00 pm I just picked up an old invoice from 1888. https://railroadforums.com/forum/index. ... 91&slide=0 Username Rick A Posts 558 Joined Fri Apr 12, 2019 10:59 pm
Re: Ashton Valve Company #1541928 by Rick A Thu May 07, 2020 12:21 pm Interesting gauge and testing equipment article from the 1908 Handbook for the care and operation of Naval Machinery Attachments: 1908 Handbook Naval Machinery 1.jpg (488.79 KiB) Viewed 1831 times 1908 Handbook Naval Machinery 2.jpg (554.82 KiB) Viewed 1831 times 1908 Handbook Naval Machinery 3.jpg (499.85 KiB) Viewed 1831 times Username Rick A Posts 558 Joined Fri Apr 12, 2019 10:59 pm
Re: Ashton Valve Company #1541929 by Rick A Thu May 07, 2020 12:23 pm Handbook Naval machinery part 2 Attachments: 1908 Handbook Naval Machinery 4.jpg (576.29 KiB) Viewed 1831 times 1908 Handbook Naval Machinery 5.jpg (497.32 KiB) Viewed 1831 times 1908 Handbook Naval Machinery 6.jpg (2.07 MiB) Viewed 1831 times Username Rick A Posts 558 Joined Fri Apr 12, 2019 10:59 pm
Re: Ashton Valve Company #1541930 by Rick A Thu May 07, 2020 12:24 pm And the last page part 3 Attachments: Crosby-Ashton gage tester.jpg (544.02 KiB) Viewed 1831 times 1908 Handbook Naval Machinery 7.jpg (2.88 MiB) Viewed 1831 times Username Rick A Posts 558 Joined Fri Apr 12, 2019 10:59 pm
Re: Ashton Valve Company #1546303 by Rick A Wed Jun 24, 2020 2:54 pm An interesting sales letter from 1897. It looks like a form letter with the address of the company being approached typed in at a later date Attachments: R. Bowker 1897.jpg (310.16 KiB) Viewed 1778 times Username Rick A Posts 558 Joined Fri Apr 12, 2019 10:59 pm
Re: Ashton Valve Company #1548023 by Rick A Thu Jul 16, 2020 11:31 am Power and the Engineeer magazine 1909. A couple of mentions of "new" Ashton Valve items. Attachments: power 1909 1.jpg (195.39 KiB) Viewed 1730 times power 1909.jpg (205.58 KiB) Viewed 1730 times Attachments: power 1909 2.jpg (186.62 KiB) Downloaded 1501 times Username Rick A Posts 558 Joined Fri Apr 12, 2019 10:59 pm
Re: Ashton Valve Company #1548024 by Rick A Thu Jul 16, 2020 11:32 am Another item. Attachments: power 1909 3.jpg (194.87 KiB) Downloaded 1501 times power 1909 4.jpg (174.51 KiB) Downloaded 1501 times Username Rick A Posts 558 Joined Fri Apr 12, 2019 10:59 pm
Re: Ashton Valve Company #1549469 by Rick A Wed Aug 05, 2020 9:50 am In the 1922 book, "The 20th century guide for Diesel operators", there are a couple of articles involving Ashton Valve products. The link to the entire book is below too. Part 1 https://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go ... in%20Diese Attachments: 20th century guide 2.jpg (266.28 KiB) Viewed 1703 times 20th century guide 3.jpg (218.33 KiB) Viewed 1703 times Attachments: 20th century guide 1.jpg (143.91 KiB) Downloaded 1474 times Username Rick A Posts 558 Joined Fri Apr 12, 2019 10:59 pm
Re: Ashton Valve Company #1549470 by Rick A Wed Aug 05, 2020 9:54 am Part 2 of 3. Attachments: 20th century guide 4.jpg (258.85 KiB) Viewed 1703 times 20th century guide 5.jpg (217.63 KiB) Viewed 1703 times Attachments: 20th century guide 6.jpg (195.07 KiB) Downloaded 1474 times Username Rick A Posts 558 Joined Fri Apr 12, 2019 10:59 pm
Re: Ashton Valve Company #1549472 by Rick A Wed Aug 05, 2020 9:57 am The final 3 pages. Attachments: 20th century guide 7.jpg (201.12 KiB) Viewed 1703 times 20th century guide 8.jpg (204.11 KiB) Viewed 1703 times 20th century guide 9.jpg (244.49 KiB) Viewed 1703 times Username Rick A Posts 558 Joined Fri Apr 12, 2019 10:59 pm
Re: Ashton Valve Company #1549474 by Rick A Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:06 am Here are soem pages from the 1941 Gage catalog. Attachments: Ashton gage catalog 1941 1A.jpg (3.21 MiB) Viewed 1700 times Ashton gage catalog 1941 1B.jpg (502.13 KiB) Viewed 1700 times Ashton gage catalog 1941 1D.jpg (440.56 KiB) Viewed 1700 times Username Rick A Posts 558 Joined Fri Apr 12, 2019 10:59 pm
Re: Ashton Valve Company #1549476 by Rick A Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:09 am More from the 1941 Gage catalog. Attachments: Ashton gage catalog 1941 2.jpg (535.22 KiB) Viewed 1693 times Ashton gage catalog 1941 3.jpg (577.85 KiB) Viewed 1693 times Ashton gage catalog 1941 4.jpg (554.99 KiB) Viewed 1693 times Username Rick A Posts 558 Joined Fri Apr 12, 2019 10:59 pm
Re: Ashton Valve Company #1549477 by Rick A Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:12 am 3 more from the catalog Attachments: Ashton gage catalog 1941 5.jpg (647.17 KiB) Viewed 1693 times Ashton gage catalog 1941 6.jpg (594.56 KiB) Viewed 1693 times Ashton gage catalog 1941 7.jpg (588.58 KiB) Viewed 1693 times Username Rick A Posts 558 Joined Fri Apr 12, 2019 10:59 pm
Re: Ashton Valve Company #1549478 by Rick A Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:14 am A few more. Attachments: Ashton gage catalog 1941 10.jpg (589.77 KiB) Viewed 1692 times Ashton gage catalog 1941 11.jpg (559.8 KiB) Viewed 1692 times Ashton gage catalog 1941 12.jpg (591.01 KiB) Viewed 1692 times Username Rick A Posts 558 Joined Fri Apr 12, 2019 10:59 pm
Re: Ashton Valve Company #1549479 by Rick A Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:16 am And the last 3 pics. Attachments: Ashton gage catalog 1941 13.jpg (508.54 KiB) Viewed 1691 times Ashton gage catalog 1941 14.jpg (440.96 KiB) Viewed 1691 times Ashton gage catalog 1941 15.jpg (552.53 KiB) Viewed 1691 times Username Rick A Posts 558 Joined Fri Apr 12, 2019 10:59 pm