Sparling Water Meter
date: label: date made
content: early 1940s
name: label: maker
content: Sparling Water Meter Company
notes: label: Description
content: This is a 4” water meter with a fan blade impeller and serial number 10,239. The markings--“Sparling K-473” and “Sparling – K 473”—refer to the Sparling Meter Company. This firm was formed in Los Angeles in 1912, and began manufacturing propeller meters in 1919. The cast iron body suggests that it was made during the materials restrictions of World War II.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Los Angeles
topic: label: Subject
content: Water
label: Subject
content: World War II
label: related event
content: World War II
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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.325871
label: accession number
content: 245003
label: catalog number
content: 325871
objectType: label: Object Name
content: water meter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cast iron (overall material)