Federal Water Meter
date: label: date made
content: ca 1925-ca 1945
name: label: maker
content: Federal Meter Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This heavy-duty disc water meter was made by the Federal Meter Corporation in East Orange, N. J. It has oil-enclosed gears, a frost-proof bottom, and serial number 145,138. It fit a ⅝” pipe. Federal Meter, a subsidiary of the A.P. Smith Manufacturing Company, was in business from 1925 to 1945.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, East Orange
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.325839
label: accession number
content: 245003
label: catalog number
content: 325839
objectType: label: Object Name
content: water meter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cast iron (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 7 1/2 in; 20.32 cm x 19.05 cm