Pelton Water-Wheel Bucket
date: label: date made
content: ca 1912
notes: label: Description
content: This bronze bucket has a notched lip and ellipsoidal face. The bucket bowls are ground but not polished. Cast in the metal is “W. A. Doble – Pat. Sept 19, 1899.” The bucket is 7.5 inches wide, weighs about 9.5 pounds, and has the lug type of back. It was made about 1912.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: This description comes from the 1939 Catalog of the Mechanical Collections of the Division of Engineering United States Museum Bulletin 173 by Frank A. Taylor.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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content: Bulletin 173
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content: Engineering, Building, and Architecture
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Frank A. Taylor. Catalog of the Mechanical Collections of the Division of Engineering United States National Museum, Bulletin 173
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Pelton Water Wheel Company, San Francisco, California
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.310390
label: catalog number
content: 310390
label: accession number
content: 117363
objectType: label: Object Name
content: turbine, hydraulic, bucket
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/4 in x 7 3/8 in x 3 5/8 in; 18.415 cm x 18.7325 cm x 9.2075 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall - from catalog card: 7 1/2 in; 19.05 cm