Last photo to right shows the knob on the safe to the immediate left of this Next two images to the right show two different single door safes. Three images on left of double door safe courtesy of Frank Vecchi Iron Chests made by Jesse Delano 1826-1830s A copy of the patentĭiagram is provided to the right. Which bears the number x-8356, was reissued in 1834. Preparing wood as a lining for safes was to saturate or soak it with salt water,Īnd as wood is absorbent, it retained this saturation for some time." ( Fightingįire for Twenty-Six Years, Comprising a History of Herring's Patent Champion
Nails, having prominent knobs or cast-iron heads. Thin sheet-iron, then banded and strapped, and the whole nailed fast with large 'knob-chests,' as they were called, were simply wooden boxes covered first with Manufactured in this country were lined with wood the old-fashioned Lye and alum, to render it incombustible. In 1826, he patented an improvement in fire proof safes "whichĬonsisted in coating the wooden foundation with a composition of equal parts,Ĭlay and lime, plumbago and mica, or saturating the wood in a solution of potash The safes were understood to be fire-proof only, but not burglar-proof." ( Manufacturer and Builder, Mayīy 1825, Jesse Delano was manufacturing iron chests in New This may be considered our first fire-proof safe.
In case of a fire theĪlum melted, and by damping the sawdust prevented the conduction of heat to the Security camera systems, browse the web for more information.Ībout 1827, Thomas Milner commenced to make safes with outerĬases of strong tin-plate and sheet iron, with an inner lining of the same,įorming a chamber all around for the reception of a non-conducting substanceĬomposed of hard wood and sawdust mixed with alum. For other forms of security, such as alarm systems and General use until it was abandoned on account of affording no security in case One casting of the same average thickness. Were cast in one piece, about half an inch in thickness, with doors formed in The Carron Company in Scotland, and the Coalbrookdale in England, had introducedĬast-iron chests and book safes with single and double doors. Wrought-iron chests were used in the store-rooms of country mansions about theīeginning of the present century. Thickness of about 2 inches, and is thought to be about 1,000 years old. It is 9 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 2 feet high, with a
A specimen of the old wooden chest is preserved in the Cathedral ofĬhichester. Turning to the early history of safes, "The first types of English safes were strong wooden boxes, bound with iron Right: Hall's Fire and Burglar Proof Safe, Hall Safe & Lock Sizes, safes were the most expensive itemĬontaining ledgers, M Briggs & Son, Rochester, NY, 1882 adĬenter Left: Large double door safe, American Steam Safe Co., New York, NYĬenter Right: Burglar Proof Safe, American Steam Safe In the 19th century, at around $150 to $225 for typical Typically, interior wooden partitions in office safes were designed to hold ledgersĪnd other papers. Ads do not say anything about protection against tornadoes. After that, safes were routinely used in offices to protect againstīoth fire and burglars. Introduced beginning around 1820, but safes that successfully protected theirĬontents against major building fires were not marketed until the earlyġ840s. Safes designed to protect their contents against fire were "iron chests" as they were often called, were designed to protect against burglars, but they did not offer substantial protectionĪgainst fire. This exhibit deals primarily with 19th century safes and covers early 20th Safes are among the most common items seen in photographs of late 19th century and early 20th century offices. Safe with Andrews Patent Combination Lock, American Bank Lock Co.,
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