Tropic Model A Water Meter
date: label: date made
content: ca 1924-ca 1941
name: label: maker
content: Pittsburgh Equitable Meter Company
notes: label: Description
content: This is a disc water meter with split case and serial number 2,827,581 that fit a ⅝” pipe. The Pittsburgh Equitable Meter Company introduced the Tropic meter around 1924, for use in areas where water did not normally freeze. The Model A was said to “meet the requirements of the most exacting user, as to accuracy, durability and low maintenance cost” and its materials were selected to resist corrosion.
label: Description
content: Ref: <i>The Tropic ‘A’ Water Meter</i>, Pittsburgh Equitable Meter Co., Bulletin W-509 (1936).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
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.325885
label: accession number
content: 245003
label: catalog number
content: 325885
objectType: label: Object Name
content: water meter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 7 1/2 in; 17.78 cm x 19.05 cm