Big,Heavy,Gauge ID?

[mojjax]

I was wondering what this steam gauge might of been used for ? Engine on a ship? Big boiler to heat a building? Other ? It weighs about 13 pounds . Thank you for any info !

mojjax

 

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[IndianaSmith]

Can't offer much help other that that gauge is regulated awfully high (150 pounds) for a heating system type boiler. I'm assuming (since there's no pic) there's a pipe fitting on the back or underneath side to plumb it into the system?

I also think American Gauge is still in business.

Smitty

 

[nhbenz]

Another interesting item Mojjax! I'm as curious as Smitty as to what the back looks like. I think the valve you've shown on the bottom of it is just a bleeder valve. Regardless, I'm inclined to agree with your idea of this being off an old ship. But I've never had my hands on anything quite like it.

 

[chipveres]

There is a paperback book called "Antique American Steam Gauges: A Collector's Guide" by Barry L. David. Barnes & Noble has it, or perhaps you can find one in a library. I agree 150 PSI seems too high for heating, could be from a stationary engine or big ship.

Chip V.

 

[Mackaydon]

Here's a somewhat similar brass test gauge, from Battleship No. 48, West Virginia, made by American Steam Gauge & Valve Manufacturing Co., Boston, Recovered by the military dive team 1941.
http://content.liveauctioneers.com/item/4353361

I believe the American Steam Gauge Co. is no more, having been purchased or merged with another company; just a belief.
Don......

 

[mojjax]

Can't offer much help other that that gauge is regulated awfully high (150 pounds) for a heating system type boiler. I'm assuming (since there's no pic) there's a pipe fitting on the back or underneath side to plumb it into the system?

Here's a picture of the back . The only fitting is the small threaded nipple on the bottom .

 

[nhbenz]

Oops, I wasn't seeing that fitting right.

 

[IndianaSmith]

Look down about 1/2 way on the left http://www.steamtraction.com/article/2005-07-01. There's a somewhat similar one there (hope your eyes are better than mine). After seeing that it'd be hard to say if it was used for a nautical purpose or not. lol, may be one of those things you'll never know.

Smitty

 

[YOGI!]

Being around steam locomotives and doing restorations - I can confirm that the gauge is a steam pressure gauge. Question is - what is it off of. Depending upon where you found it - it could be off of an early locomotive or a steam farm tractor. It could also have been off of a stationary boiler but I doubt it. Can you provide more information of where it was you found it?

YOGI!