T. W. Chatfield & Sons
T. W. Chatfield & Sons was a Utica manufacturer of hot-air furnaces, operated by Messrs. G. W. and A. E. Chatfield. They were amoung many Furnace & Boiler Makers within the city.
The following profile is from pages 121-122, of a 1883 edition of Commerce, Manufactures And Resources, Oneida County.
T. W. Chatfield,
Manufacturers of Chatfield's Celebrated Hot Air Furnaces, 28 Catharine Street.
A remarkable instance of the fruits of American ingenuity and enterprise is furnished in the improvements which have taken place during past years on those appliances for furnishing heat to our public buildings and dwelling houses. Utica can claim the honor of being the seat of manufacture of some of the best of these arrangements, and the furnaces made by the above concern are entitled to a high rank among them.
The house was originally established thirty-two years ago by T. W. Chatfield, and has been known under its present title for about two years. The offices and repair shops of the concern are located at the above address, but the furnaces are made by contract at Palmer's Foundery. A very large trade is transacted on them, extending throughout the United States, and numerous testimonials have been received testifying to their merit from all over the country.
We will endeavor, with the brief space at our disposal, to give some idea of the advantages possessed by the Chatfield Furnace. It is made in eight sizes, in portable or brick form, and has the advantage of being without screws or bolts, and in place is made with large sand joints. It has a large radiating surface, and if necessary will burn the entire season without rekindling. The grate is revolving, so that the clinkers can be readily re moved, and it is adapted either for soft or hard coal, which islargely economized by its use. It is constructed in the best manner and of superior material.
These facts at once enable our readers to realize that there is no better furnace in the market, or one so well adapted to general purposes.
The individual members of the firm are Messrs. G. W. & A. E. Chatfield, both natives of Utica, and gentlemen who, by their life-long experience in the business, are fully in every way adapted to its successful operation. We can conscientiously commend this house to our readers, both for the superior character of its products as well as for the general principles of commercial probity which are characteristic of its transactions.
T. W. Chatfield & Sons was one of many Utica-based Furnace & Boiler Companies. Their boilers were large and for heavy industrial use.
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