Niagara Water Meter
date: label: date made
content: ca 1921-ca 1960
name: label: maker
content: Buffalo Meter Company
notes: label: Description
content: This disc water meter has a frost-proof bottom and fit a ⅝” pipe. It was made by the Buffalo Meter Company in Buffalo, N. Y. The firm was founded in 1892, brought out the first Niagara meter soon thereafter, and introduced the breakable frost bottom in 1921. In this example, the case is made of cast iron coated with zinc, suitable for use with hard or corrosive water. It has a disc of hard rubber reinforced with a metal plate. And it probably has jewel bearings for greater accuracy and durability. The BFI-ENARC HOOD was probably added by a user or dealer.
label: Description
content: Ref: Buffalo Meter Company, <i>American and New Niagara Water Meters</i> (1925)
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.325819
label: accession number
content: 245003
label: catalog number
content: 325819
objectType: label: Object Name
content: water meter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cast iron (overall 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