blkdalkemeyer Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Hi I have a champion blower,its marked Champion blower and forge co. Lancaster ,PA USA,also has a brass plate on motor,also champion blower & forge,Lancaster PA, 110 watts and the # 84542,the blower is cast Iron,lettering looks like could be brass if cleaned,but don't know for sure,also No.50 on blower body,also has original cast iron fan regulator{ also so marked champion },trying to find year,it was part of the blacksmith shop that is part of our property,the smithy retired in 1921 at the age of 82,but had started with his father at the age of 14,we found the original Trinton anvil,many tools and this blower still connected to the brick chimney , we used it up until 20 years ago,and them my family didn't do a lot of the same repairs,so it has sat unused,any help would be great,regards Lou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Check the feet of the anvil, under the horn, for serial numbers. Trenton anvils were stamped with the weight in pounds, and a serial number that can be looked up for year. I am not sure about how to find a year for the blower or anything else. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dablacksmith Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 champion started making electric blowers fairly early somwhere around 1900 or so i have a champion add from 1909 thats shows a electric blower so ... how early did the blacksmith shop have electricity?ide figure shortly after... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmall Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 This one is listed on ebayhttp://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-1900s-CHAMPION-BLOWER-No-50-RHEOSTAT-CHAMPION-BLOWER-FORGE-CO-/150702226603?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item23168d7cab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 This one is listed on ebayhttp://www.ebay.com/...=item23168d7cab Hey, that's the one he's asking about! "Champion Blower & Forge Lancaster PA,USA.This blower was used in a blacksmith shop in Iowa,the blacksmiths name was Bill Dalkbkermeyer,he had been train by his father at the age of 14,and continued till he retired in 1921,at the age of 82.My Grandfather Ruben bought this building,and a garage in1927,he opened the garage as a service station,in the blacksmith building ,they worked on large projects.The blower and forge were used from time to time, its not been used for about 20 years now,we just took the blower off the forge chimney. It needs a good cleaning, fan seems to turn okay,but not sure of the working order.Rheostat is marked made in USA,also OHMS 105 amps and 110,champion motor is mark #84542 " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Note that companies were still selling bellows WAY after blowers were also for sale in turn of the century catalogs you could generally find bellows, hand crank and electric blowers for sale at the same time, so electricity might not be a good dating point! I currently am in a non-electric smithy; but I know it dates to 2005 as I built it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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