I think my oldest is 1905-6, it's a Grinnell as well. I have a bucket of 1915-6 era heads I pulled out of a warehouse in Fall River, MA this past summer. I tripped one with a torch to look at the pieces, I think the seal is silver. Tom
Mine isn't as old as that but I have the wrench for it. On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 10:28 PM, Ed Vining <edvinin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I wonder who among us has the oldest sprinkler? mine is an 1883 Grinnell > > Ed Vining > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Tom Duross <tduro...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> >> I don't know how many of you are buffs or collectors of old sprinklers but >> I >> have a few and watch ebay when I see interesting ones. >> I wish I had got here more than 5 minutes ago because an 1893 Gray just >> closed on ebay for $447, item 260362058049 in case you want to look. >> I would have liked to post a notice in case anyone was interested. >> >> Tom Duross >> _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: techsupp...@firesprinkler.org To Unsubscribe, send an email to:sprinklerforum-requ...@firesprinkler.org (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
