Badger Multijet Water Meter
date: label: date made
content: mid-1930s
name: label: maker
content: Badger Meter Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: This is a rotary multijet water meter made by the Badger Meter Manufacturing Company in Milwaukee, Wisc. It fits a 1” pipe, and has a capacity of 30 gallons per minute. Its split case was designed for use in areas where water did not normally freeze. The serial number (1,209,826) dates from the mid-1930s. Badger trade literature for this meter noted that “Simplicity of Design Assures Long Life of Operation.”
label: Description
content: Ref: Badger Meter Manufacturing Company, <i>Badger Water Meters. Rotary Type Multi-Jet</i>.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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.325813
label: accession number
content: 245003
label: catalog number
content: 325813
objectType: label: Object Name
content: water meter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in; 26.67 cm