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The History of Janitrol Heating and HVAC Systems
The Janitrol brand traces its roots back to the late 1920s, when it was originally developed by the Surface Combustion Company of Toledo, Ohio. Founded in 1915, Surface Combustion was a pioneer in industrial heating equipment, and in 1927, it launched the Janitrol division to focus on small-scale heating systems. The name “Janitrol” itself was…
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Electric Furnace Man: Masters of Automatic Heat
Our story of one of the oldest furnace makers begins in 1922, when the General Machine Company produced an innovative Automatic Electric Furnace-Man Coal Stoker. (Fig. A) shows one of their earlier badges used during that time and (Fig B) shows what a furnace of theirs would look like from 1970. Before, homeowners would have…
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