The Ashton Valve company

Rick A Oct 22, 2019

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    I was recently contacted by a man who purchased an Ashton 3 chime whistle at a sale a few years back. It's a beauty. He sent me some pictures of the whistles. Take a look. image0 (1).jpeg image0.jpeg image1.jpeg #28    172.jpg
     
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    That looks like it's REALLY loud!!

    :eek::confused:
     
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    He bought it at an estate sale a number of years ago. He hasn't heard it yet. He is planning on contacting a local RR club to try and hear how it sounds.
    I think it's maritime too. It's been appraised at over $10.000 !
     
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    Maybe someone can grab us a video so we can hdear and watch it?

    WOW! :eek::eek::eek:
     
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    I just picked up a circa 1895 Ashton catalog. Only 12 pages long! The next year (1896) the catalog was 75 pages.
     

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    1895 catalog Pt 2 circa 1895    5.jpg circa 1895    6.jpg circa 1895    7.jpg circa 1895    8.jpg circa 1895    9.jpg
     
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    1895 Pt 3 circa 1895    10.jpg circa 1895    11.jpg circa 1895    12.jpg
     
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    Locomotive driving wheel quartering gage

    Driving wheel gage    1.jpg Driving wheel gage    2.jpg Driving wheel gage    3.jpg Driving wheel gage    4.jpg gage forDriving wheel    catalog 28.jpg
     
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    Moran 1897    1.jpg Moran 1897    2.jpg Moran 1897    3.jpg In 1897 the Moran Bros. received a discounted price list of their products. Here are the prices they received.
     
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    part 2 Moran 1897    4.jpg Moran 1897    5.jpg Moran 1897    6.jpg
     
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    part 3 Moran 1897    7.jpg Moran 1897    8.jpg Moran 1897    9.jpg
     
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    And the final page was one of the company's "mottos" Moran 1897    10.jpg
     
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    New gauge calibrating device 1909 Railway and Locomotive engineering


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    1877, the company first incorporated in Hartford CT. I recently was able to obtain a copy of the letter from the Hartford Daily Courant which is attached below along with a photo of one of the first stock certificates.


    1877 Aug 15.. Ashton Valve co Incorporation..Hartford Daily Courant.jpg 1877 STOCK CERTIFICATE.jpg
     
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    I just picked up this Ashton pop safety valve. This was manufactured after the company left Cambridge Mass in 1948 and set up in Wrentham, Ma. It was sold under the Crosby-Ashton name.


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    Probably a far safer investment than many of the railroads were at the time! ;)
     

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