Category: Vulcan and Sheet Piling

The Vulcan Pile Extractor was the last major design by James N. Warrington (U.S. Patent 1,736,104) to enter production, which it did in 1928. The extractor uses a simple, valveless design where the ram is thrown upward by the incoming steam or air. It strikes an anvil located in the top of the machine. The … Continue reading Vulcan Pile Extractors, and the Wood Pile Puller

Although Vulcan became a "one-product" company with the success of the Warrington-Vulcan hammers, it furnished a wide variety of accessories and other products to go with its successful pile hammers. From the turn of the century until the Great Depression, Vulcan issued one catalogue to cover the entire line of steam hammers, drop hammers, accessories … Continue reading In the Catalogue: Vulcan Leaders, Rigs and Accessories, 1906-1931

Vulcan is best known for its "open type" Naysmith-ancestry hammers. Most of Vulcan's competitors (MKT, Union/Arnott, etc.) produced "closed type" hammers, where the ram was invisible to the users. But Vulcan ventured into the closed hammer type as well. The first of this type Vulcan produced was the #5, shown at right. First produced in … Continue reading Vulcan #5: The First Closed Hammer