Boiler, water heater What do I have here?
- StokerDon
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It doesn't look familiar to me. It looks like it might be only part of a heating unit. I don't see any threaded pipe holes so it's probably not a boiler.
Then again, it's pretty hard to see anything with it tucked in there. Drag it out so we can see the back and a shot of the inside would help.
-Don
It doesn't look familiar to me. It looks like it might be only part of a heating unit. I don't see any threaded pipe holes so it's probably not a boiler.
Then again, it's pretty hard to see anything with it tucked in there. Drag it out so we can see the back and a shot of the inside would help.
-Don
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Door opening shows a thick wall profile...double walled with water cavity for walls and whole dome???
May be a water heater much like what is referred to as a 'bucket a day' waterheater.
May be a water heater much like what is referred to as a 'bucket a day' waterheater.
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If I were a bettin man, I'd bet you're right M.
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Wouldn't be worth much w/o the grates plus the bottom support stand w/ ash door.
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It's a heater. To small and not enough holes in it to be a boiler.
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coaledsweat wrote: ↑Sun. Aug. 19, 2018 10:41 pmIt's a heater. To small and not enough holes in it to be a boiler.
Yup.
Drag that out and you should see the water pipe inlet and outlet connections. And it seems that it's missing it's base - which would be the ash pit, shaker grates, and primary air damper, that upper section would sit on. Without that base section, it can't heat anything.
Paul
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If'n I had it, I'd clean it up real purty & use it for a sofa/chair side table--course this 200 yr old farm house has a pretty rustic motif--don't know if motif is the right word, but I do like it & don't get to use it much!! LOL
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Yup, it's a "shovel-a-day" type water heater. It's very much like my anthricite Industries water heater. The top firepot/water jacket casting just sits on top of the base with the triangular coal grates built into the top of thebase that forms the ash pit.
Paul
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That's a little better!
Looks like it is a "Bucket A Day" type water heater. Probably meant for Anthracite coal. We don't know where in the world you are but, if you are in or near Anthracite country I would ask between $40 and $200, if it is in usable condition. I base this on the fact that I see them on CL in that price range.
Good luck!
-Don
Looks like it is a "Bucket A Day" type water heater. Probably meant for Anthracite coal. We don't know where in the world you are but, if you are in or near Anthracite country I would ask between $40 and $200, if it is in usable condition. I base this on the fact that I see them on CL in that price range.
Good luck!
-Don
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Jerry, put it out there local--CL or whatever--tag it at $100.00 nothing ventured, nothing gained. She's been used but looks like she's all there.