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Anthes Boilers, Furnaces & the Anthes Foundry History

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Anthes boilers were produced by the Anthes Foundry in Winnipeg, founded by Lawrence L. Anthes ca 1915. Lawrence Anthes' earliest patent recording was a Canadian patent No. CA 191047 for a temperature regulating device filed in 1918 and granted in 1919 (probably for the Anthes foundry).

LL Anthes along with Fred Ellis and George Pallister, under the aegis of the Anthes Foundry patented a hot air furnace as CA 376829 in 1938, and another as Canadian Patent CA 379539 in 1939.

Anthes, Bullochs, Furnasman, ICG, Inter-City-Gas, ICP, International Comfort Products, UTI, United Technologies

Intercity Furnace (Inter City Gas Co.) (ICG), Winnipeg, Canada produced Anthes, Bullochs, & Furnasman equipment) was renamed as International Comfort Products (ICP) that was in turn purchased by United Technologies in 1999.

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Anthes HVAC Equipment Age Decoding

Typically on an Anthes brand boiler (a 1940's vintage heating brand Anthes Imperial Limited sold in Canada (the HGB 100), the U.S. and the U.K.) there is a 6-digit, all numeric, serial number. 123456 OR an alphanumeric serial number like ABC12 that encodes the equipment age, but currently you might have to pay to obtain that detail as we explain at the links given below.

For mostt Anthes or Inter-City Heaters you cany de-code the serial number to find the heater's age or year of manufacture using the serial number decoder found at

INTER-CITY HEATERS

For additional information about de-coding the data tag on Inter City Gas (I.G.C. HVAC equipment) see the Carson Dunlop Assoc. Technical Reference Guide:

Find the Manual & Age for an Anthes Intercity Furnace - Anthes HVAC Age Decoder

Used Anthes Inter City Furnace for sale - Hermanstools.com

On 2017-09-16 by (mod) - Anthes boilers

Tony,

Please use the page to or bottom CONTACT link to send me some photos of the Anthes boiler and any data tags and I can research this further.

Anthes boilers were produced by the Anthes Foundry in Winnipeg, founded by Lawrence L. Anthes ca 1915.

Lawrence Anthes' earliest patent I found was a Canadian patent No. CA 191047 for a temperature regulating device filed in 1918 and granted in 1919 (probably for the Anthes foundry).

LL Anthes along with Fred Ellis and George Pallister, under the aegis of the Anthes Foundry patented a hot air furnace as CA 376829 in 1938, and another as Canadian Patent CA 379539 in 1939.

You want to look at the serial number on your boiler.
Typically on an Anthes brand boiler (a 1940's vintage heating brand Anthes Imperial Limited sold in Canada (the HGB 100), the U.S. and the U.K.) there is a 6-digit, all numeric, serial number. 123456 OR an alphanumeric serial number like ABC12

It's safe to estimate that your boiler is 50 years old or older.

For Anthes and a few other heater or boiler brands that have not come up with a clear age-decoder, take a look at the brand and serial number of (apparently-original) parts attached to the boiler such as the oil burner, burner motor, circulator pump, or other controls to find a serial number that can often get us in the right ballpark.

On 2017-09-15 by Tony

hello, I had to give an estimate for a boiler, upon viewing the existing boiler, I was wondering the age of the boiler, could someone email me if he / she has an idea, it is an Anthes- Imperial bolier WO 14 4, thanks tonynewyork@live.ca

 

AG said:

I’m looking for help in finding a specification plate or manual for a Anthes intercity finance from 1974. Yesterday I had a tech come to the house to clean the furnace. The tech tagged the furnace because the specification plate was missing and I can’t locate the furnace manual from 1974.

I now have 45 days to either provide the furnace manual or have a new furnace installed. If by the 45th day I haven’t they will shut off the gas. Any ideas how I can get my hands on a specification plate or furnace manual from a Anthes intercity finance from 1974? - A.G. 9/18/2013

Reply: History of Inter City Gas & Its Furnace Brands: Anthes, Bullochs, Furnasman,

My understanding from reading several historical notes & reports on furnace history is that Intercity Furnace (Inter City Gas Co., Winnipeg, Canada produced Anthes, Bullochs, & Furnasman equipment) was renamed as International Comfort Products (ICP) that was in turn purchased by United Technologies in 1999. Note 1

The Anthes Intercity furnace line was produced at least from the 1950's through the 1970's. In 1980 Intercity also produced an early condensing furnace - the Ultimate - that we've read did not perform well. Note 2

Anthes boilers and furnaces that are still older were produced by the Anthes Foundry in Winnipeg - discussed below.

You will find some websites online offering to sell parts for the Anthes Intercity Furnace under the new ICP brand. I'd try that approach to finding a manual; you may find someone who has one and can prepare a PDF - sorry but we don't have that manual ourselves or I'd post it for you. Here are some Anthes Intercity Furnace links that might help:

Anthes inter city 200 000 btu commercial natural gas furnace -hi efficiency -inspected -condition- like new we do installation [see photo at left]

For information about de-coding the data tag on Inter City Gas (I.G.C. HVAC equipment) see the Technical Reference Guide below.

Note 1: Preston's Guide, Residential Replacement (HVAC) Sales, "Where Are They Now? Those Titans of the HVAC Industry ... Merged, Fallen by the Wayside, or Still Going Strong", http://www.prestonguide.com, retrieved 9/18/2013

Note 2: http://www.warmingupcanada.hvacrheritagecentre.ca/ history of Inter City Gas & Anthes. Quoting: The unresolved problems in those early Canadian-made condensing furnaces were still secondary heat exchanger failure; lack of knowledge of and product for condensate removal; the appliances’ physical dimensions; and premature failure of the power exhaust gas venters selected.

 


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On 2021-03-04 - by (mod) -

@Terry Tinordi,

First check the manual for your specific Anthea model.

Also there are standard and easy procedures to find the size of a fan belt needed:

1. Measure the distance between the centers of the two drive shafts

2. Measure the diameter of the two pulleys

3. Your supplier, with those two measurements, can give you the right belt (looking it up in a table)

but

Watch out: also be sure that the profile of the belt in cross-section is proper for the shape of the vee or groove of the pulleys involved.

On 2021-02-04 by Terry Tinordi

I need the belt size for our Anthes Furnace. It is a 1974 model.

On 2020-12-30 - by (mod) -

JD

Thermocouples are a rather standard device. You should be able to obtain a replacement from your local plumbing & heating supplier or even online. Just check that the replacement thermocouple tubing length is at least as long as the original. Longer is OK you just leave the extra length as a bend or coil placed out of the way below the gas valve.

Details are at

THERMOCOUPLE REPAIR / REPLACEMENT

Take a look at that article and let me know if you have further questions.

On 2020-12-30 by Jd

We are looking to replace the thermocouple on am anthes furnace HCB45A sn 22282.
Help please

Question: How to determine the age of an Anthes boiler

2017/09/16 Tony said:

Hello, I had to give an estimate for a boiler, upon viewing the existing boiler, I was wondering the age of the boiler, could someone email me if he / she has an idea, it is an Anthes- Imperial bolier WO 14 4, thanks tonynewyork@live.ca

Reply:

Tony,

Anthes boilers were produced by the Anthes Foundry in Winnipeg, founded by Lawrence L. Anthes ca 1915.

Lawrence Anthes' earliest patent I found was a Canadian patent No. CA 191047 for a temperature regulating device filed in 1918 and granted in 1919 (probably for the Anthes foundry).

LL Anthes along with Fred Ellis and George Pallister, under the aegis of the Anthes Foundry patented a hot air furnace as CA 376829 in 1938, and another as Canadian Patent CA 379539 in 1939.

You want to look at the serial number on your boiler.

Typically on an Anthes brand boiler (a 1940's vintage heating brand Anthes Imperial Limited sold in Canada (the HGB 100), the U.S. and the U.K.) there is a 6-digit, all numeric, serial number. 123456 OR an alphanumeric serial number like ABC12

It's safe to estimate that the boiler you saw boiler is no less than 50 years old and possibly, if it's a 1940's model, we're looking at a heater that's more than 75 years old.

For Anthes and a few other heater or boiler brands that have not come up with a clear age-decoder, take a look at the brand and serial number of (apparently-original) parts attached to the boiler such as the oil burner, burner motor, circulator pump, or other controls to find a serial number that can often get us in the right ballpark.


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