This page is an ongoing record of recent changes and updates to the website.
April 6th, 2008:
Courtesy of Ken Patton, updated the company history for Keystone Iron Works.
Courtesy of Ken Patton, added a company history for United Casting Company.
December 11th, 2007:
Courtesy of Ken Patton, added a company history to the Keystone Iron Works page.
November 22nd, 2007:
Courtesy of Ken Patton, added a new former manufacturer Madsen Iron Works .
Courtesy of Ken Patton, added a new former manufacturer California Iron Works/National Iron Works .
November 18th, 2007:
Replaced photo numbers 0593 , 0594 , and 2252 on this Rensselaer Valve page.
Added photo number 2504 to this R.D. Wood page.
November 7th, 2007:
Replaced photo numbers 0580 and 0581 on this Rensselaer Valve page.
Added photo number 2053c to the Bachelor & Finnenan page.
Added photo number 2499 to this Darling Valve page.
Added photo number 2500 to this Darling Valve page.
Added photo number 2501 to this RD Wood page.
September 17th, 2007:
Replaced photo number 2110 on the A.P. Smith page.
Replaced photos on the John Fox page.
Replaced photos on the Empire Foundry (Flip Lid) page.
Replaced photo number 0857 on this Rensselaer Valve page.
Replaced photo number 0707 on this Ludlow Valve page.
September 9th, 2007:
Added photo number 2487 to this Waterous page.
Added photo number 2488 to the South Park page.
Updated the Toronto Waterworks Page .
August 21st, 2007:
Added a patent to the Kennedy & Sullivan Mfg. page.
Added photos 2477 and 2477b to this Kennedy Valve page.
Added photo number 2478 to this Ludlow Valve page.
Added photo number 0973 to this R.D. Wood page.
Added photo number 0224 to this Rensselaer Valve page.
Added photo number 2414 to this Darling Valve page.
Added photo number 2480 to this Darling Valve page.
Replaced photo number 2066 on the Bachelor & Finnenan page.
August 20th, 2007:
Added photos 2474 and 2475 to the Holyoke Hydrant & Iron Works page.
Added photo number 2476 to the Norwood Engineering Co. page.
July 30th, 2007:
Added a new former manufacturer John Fox & Company .
July 2nd, 2007:
Added photo number 2468 to the Mellert Foundry and Machine page.
Added photo number 2469 to this Rensselaer Valve page.
July 1st, 2007:
Added photo number 2466 to the R. Pattee page.
Added photo 2467 to this Ludlow Valve page.
June 17th, 2007:
Added photo 2465 to this M&H Valve page.
Added photo 2462 to this Ludlow Valve page.
Added photos 2463 and 2464 to this Ludlow Valve page.
Updated photo 0998 on this Chapman Valve page.
Updated photo 1000 on this Chapman Valve page.
March 29th, 2007:
Overhauled the vonRoll hydro page with many new images.
Added an image to the Mellert Foundry and Machine page.
Added 2 scans from an 1878 Ludlow Valve brochure to this Ludlow Valve page.
Added photo 2439 to the Glamorgan Pipe & Foundry page.
January 1st, 2007:
Added photos 2405 and 2406 to the F.X. Drolet page.
December 27th, 2006:
Added photo 2404 to this Eddy Valve page.
December 26th, 2006:
Updated the Filer & Stowell page.
December 23th, 2006:
Added a photo of an early Baltimore City Fire Department badge to the Baltimore spec page.
December 17th, 2006:
Updated the Holyoke Hydrant & Iron Works page.
December 16th, 2006:
Updated the thumbnails on these pages:
United Casting
Rich Valve
Rich Valve page 2
Van Deventer
Vogt Bros.
Traverse City Iron Works
American Foundry
South Park
Penn Troy
December 10th, 2006:
Updated photo 0478 on the Bachelor and Finnenan page.
Updated photo 0007 and added 0007b to the Acme Valve & Hydrant page.
Added logos chaplogo10, and chaplogo11 to this Chapman Valve page.
Updated photo 1331 on the American Foundry & Mfg. page.
Updated photo 1473, and added photos 1469s,
2304,
2304s,
2403, and
2403s
to the
Fairmount Foundry & Engineering Works.
Added photo 2402 to this Kennedy Valve page.
Updated photo 0861 to this Rensselaer Valve page.
December 4th, 2006:
Added photo 2399 to the A.P. Smith page.
Added photos 2395, 2396, and 2397 to this Darling Valve page.
Added photo 2398 to this Darling Valve page.
Added photo 2400 to the Darling Valve page.
Added photo 2391 to this Ludlow Valve page.
Added photo 2392 to the Canadian Ludlow page.
Added photo 2394 to the Columbian Iron Works page.
Added a logo to the Kennedy & Sullivan page.
Added a bonnet view to the Boston Machine page.
Added photo 2393 to the U.S. Pipe page.
November 27, 2006:
Added photo 1703 to this Chapman Valve page.
October 31th, 2006:
Added photo 2389 to this Rensselaer Valve page.
Added photo 2390 to this Kennedy Valve page.
Added photos 2387 and 2387b to this Waterous Company page.
Added photos 1943 and 1943b to the American Foundry page.
Added photos 0459 and 0459b to the Cambridge Machine page.
Added photos 2055, 2055b
2148, 2148b,
1710 and 1710b to this Chapman Valve page.
October 30th, 2006:
Added a new former manufacturer Pompes Guinard (France)
October 29th, 2006:
Added photo 2380 to the Kupferle Foundry page.
Added photo 2381 to this Darling Valve page.
Added photo 2382 to this Mueller Company page.
Added photo 2383 to the Canada Valve page.
Added photo 2384 to this Darling Valve page.
Added photo 2385 to the Unidentified page.
Added photo 2386 to the Conduites d'Eau page.
October 28th, 2006:
Added a new former manufacturer Multiplex Mfg. Co.
October 25th, 2006:
Added a photo feature about the Restoration of a rare Mellert Hydrant
Added our newest collector Steven Groves.
Updated Mark Peterson's collection page.
July 22nd, 2006:
Courtesy of Stuart Niven, added photo numbers 2365 , 2365b to this Canada Valve & Hydrant page.
July 1st, 2006:
Added photo number 0324 to this Chapman Valve page.
Added photo numbers 1345 , 2364 to this Chapman Valve page.
Added photo number 0947 to this Chapman Valve page.
Added photo number 2362 to this Kennedy Valve page.
Added photo number 0500 to this Holly Mfg. page.
Added photo number 1366 to this Coffin Valve page.
Added photo number 2363 to this Clow Valve page.
Added photo number 1094M to this Waterous page.
June 25th, 2006:
Added photo number 2150 to this Eddy Valve page.
Added photo number 0874 to this Eddy Valve page.
Added these photo numbers 2358, 2359 to this Mueller Company page.
Added these photo numbers 2078, 2256 2360 to this Kupferle page.
Added these photo numbers 0875, 1361 1361b to the Norwood Engineering page.
Added these photo numbers 0028, 1092 to this Waterous page.
Added these photo numbers 1704, 2286 to this Holyoke page.
Added photo number 0841 to this Chapman Valve page.
Added these photo numbers 0845, 2357 to this Chapman Valve page.
Added photo number 1494 to this Chapman Valve page.
Added photo number 1545 to the Boston Machine page.
Added photo number 1429 to this Kennedy Valve page.
Added photo number 0500 to the Holly Mfg page.
Added photo number 1477c to the Fales & Jenks page.
Added photo number 1498 to this R.D. Woods page.
Added photo number 2094 to this Rensselaer Valve page.
Added photo number 1521 to the R. Pattee page.
Added photo number 1891 to this Ludlow Valve page.
Added photo number 2084 to this Ludlow Valve page.
June 19th, 2006:
Courtesy of Patrick Somers, added is a new currunt manufacturer page, Silvani Antincendi Spa..
June 15th, 2006:
Capt. Brent Saba sent us these photos to kick off a new feature, Hydrants of Iraq.
June 5th, 2006:
Added the beta version of a new Online Flow Test Calculator page by Willis Lamm.
Added photo 2354 to this Chapman Valve page.
Added photos
0944,
1349,
1350, and
2352
to this Chapman Valve page.
Added photo 2355 to this Waterous Company page.
Added photo 2353 to this Kupferle Foundry page.
May 4th, 2006:
Added 2250 to the Glamorgan Foundry page
Added 2249 to the Kupferle Foundry
Added 2248 to the Eddy Valve page
April 6, 2006:
Added a new current manufacturer, ZET Marketing & Trade .
March 31, 2006:
Updated the Cayuta Wheel & Foundry page with a photo.
December 24, 2005:
We've added a new former manufacturer, Stileman .
November 21st, 2005:
Courtesy of Karl-Heinz Mönnings, we've added a new former manufacturer, H. Breuer .
November 20th, 2005:
Courtesy of Capt. Earle Kealoha, we've added these images to the Eddy Valve page .
Courtesy of Christopher L. Hitch, we've added these images to the Baltimore Spec page .
November 19th, 2005:
Courtesy of Stuart Niven, we've added this new to us make of hydrant, The Vulcan.
June 26th, 2005:
Added this strange Eddy Valve hydrant photo.
May 31, 2005:
Added a new former manufacturer, Ham Baker & Co.
May 07, 2005:
Added a new former manufacturer, Glenfield & Kennedy, Ltd.
April 07, 2005:
Updated the history of the R.D. Wood Company
February 20, 2005:
Added a new former manufacturer, Fox & Engel
Added a new former manufacturer, Reading Foundry Company Ltd
Added a new former manufacturer, Utica Pipe Foundry Co
February 2, 2005:
Revised the company histories with additional information for the following manufacturers:
Boston Machine / Whittier Machine,
Charles Carr, and
Coffin Valve.
January 27, 2005:
Updated the collection pages of
Jason Cherry and
Bill Houston.
January 22, 2005:
Added this restored hydrant, photo #2234 to Steve Parmley's collection page.
Added this restored hydrant, photo #1637sn to Stuart Niven's collection page.
Added photo #2235 to this M. Greenburg Sons page.
Added photo #2236 to the Unidentified Hydrants page.
January 11, 2005:
Added a new former manufacturer, L. Seguin & Cie of France.
January 5, 2005:
Added photo # 2303 to the
Cambridge Machine page.
Added photo # 2304 to the
Fairmount Foundry page.
Added photo # 2305 to this
Ludlow Valve page.
Added photo # 2306 to the
Unidentified Hydrants page.
January 2, 2005:
Added photo # 2301 to this
R. D. Wood page.
Added photo # 2302 to this
Clow Corp. page.
Added photo # P058 to the
Crane PIV page.
Added photo # P059 to the
Mueller PIV page.
Updated the collection pages of
John Anderson.
January 1, 2005:
Updated the FX Drolet page with this Series 1 and Series 50 Parts Diagram, and added some model designations still awaiting photographs.
Updated the American AVK Company page per their request.
Updated the John McLean page.
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