Ashton Valve Co. 1871
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Re: Ashton Valve Co. 1871
That represents some serious history!
RussN
RussN
Re: Ashton Valve Co. 1871
Yeah, good old ebay. I like pieces like this even more than the gauges.
If you look closely , you'll see a steamboat mention in the letterhead.
If you look closely , you'll see a steamboat mention in the letterhead.
Re: Ashton Valve Co. 1871
At a steam show a few years back I was given an original stock certificate from 1877. I'm also posting the gauge production year/serial number chart that will date gauges between 1895 and 1922. And the last chart shows the different gauge logos and the years in which they were used.
Re: Ashton Valve Co. 1871
Much of the information I've been able to collect was from vintage trade journals I've been able to find on google books and archive.org. Here are the covers from soem of them.
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The journals are loaded with adverts and interesting articles.
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And that is only the Marine related journals.
Re: Ashton Valve Co. 1871
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
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Re: Ashton Valve Co. 1871
It's time to meet some of the company's employees.
Henry Ashton, founder of the company
Albert C Ashton Henry's oldest son who took over running the business after Henry's passing in 1895.
Henry Ashton, founder of the company
Albert C Ashton Henry's oldest son who took over running the business after Henry's passing in 1895.
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