Boiler tube expander
notes: label: Description
content: This tool is a tube expander and would have been used to widen boiler tubes for fitting and alteration. It is two metal piece, one long, round piece and another round, shorter piece. There are three loose metal pieces in “U” shapes. There is also a brown paper package of three metal pieces. The wooden box that holds these materials is inscribed with the words, “1-1/4” TYPE B EXP . 2-3/8” ROLLS / NAVY YARD BOSTON.”
label: Description
content: This object was gifted by Larry L. Culp from the Culp Welding & Machine Company. Culp was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up primarily in the nearby Maryland suburb of Rockville. His grandfather founded the Culp Welding Company, a small welding business that his father then took over. Culp Welding stayed in steady business for decades, rarely employing more than a dozen workers at one time. Larry Culp sometimes helped on the shop floor, where he observed his grandfather and father run the business. Informed by these experiences and values, Culp became Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of General Electric Company, an American multinational conglomerate, on October 1, 2018.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Larry L. Culp
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.3119.37
label: catalog number
content: 1994.3119.37
label: nonaccession number
content: 1994.3119
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Boiler Tube Tool (tube expander), Welding Equipment
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 12 3/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 6.35 cm x 31.4325 cm x 6.35 cm