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                                                                   Exhibit 21




                          CENTRAL SPRINKLER CORPORATION

                         SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT




                                                                   Names      
                                     Jurisdiction of            Under Which
 Name                                Organization              Doing Business
 -----------------------------       ---------------           -------------- 
 CSC Finance Company                 Delaware                  Corporate Name 
                                                            
 CSC Investment Company              Delaware                  Corporate Name
                                                            
 Central Sprinkler Company           Pennsylvania              Corporate Name
                                                            
 Spraysafe Automatic                                        
   Sprinklers Limited                United Kingdom            Corporate Name
                                                            
 Central Castings Corporation        Alabama                   Corporate Name
                                                            
 Central CPVC Corporation            Alabama                   Corporate Name
                                                            
 Central Sprinkler                                          
   Export Corporation                Barbados                  Corporate Name
                                                            
                                                            
                                                      
