Niagara Water Meter
date: label: date made
content: probably 1930s
name: label: maker
content: Buffalo Meter Company
notes: label: Description
content: This is a disc water meter with split case and serial number 439,868 that fit a ⅝" pipe. It was made by the Buffalo Meter Company in Buffalo, N. Y. The firm was founded in 1892 and brought out the first Niagara meter soon thereafter. The case of the Niagara meter was made of cast iron coated with zinc, for use in hard or corrosive water. This example was probably made in the 1930s. It has a disc of hard rubber reinforced with a metal plate. And it probably has jewel bearings for greater accuracy and durability.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Buffalo
topic: label: Subject
content: Water
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Natural Resources
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content: Water Meters
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: A. A. Hirsch
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.325818
label: accession number
content: 245003
label: catalog number
content: 325818
objectType: label: Object Name
content: water meter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cast iron (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: hard rubber (disc material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in; 16.51 cm x 19.05 cm