Kewanee Pipe Union Spring-Loaded Paper Clip
notes: label: Description
content: This spring-loaded paper clip advertised “Kewanee” pipe unions created by the Walworth Manufacturing Company. The top of the clip reads “KEWANEE” in red lettering on a gold, ribbon-shaped background. Centered on the clip in a red circle is an image of a Kewanee pipe union. On the left-hand side of the union is “W.T.C.” and the Kewanee logo. At the bottom of the clip, another red-letter text on a gold ribbon shape reads, “The air tested union with no inserted parts.” Below this, in gold lettering, the very bottom of the pin reads, “The ‘SAFETY-FIRST’ Union, LOOK FOR THE KEY,” referring to the key a part of the “Kewanee” text design on the union shown in the center.
label: Description
content: Kewanee pipe unions allowed pipes to be connected more efficiently and with less leakage. These unions were made in many patterns to combine pipes with elbows, tees, and boiler fittings, with the one shown on the clip being the No. A54 Octagon Pattern union. Kewanee pipe unions were advertised to be advantageous to other pipe fittings and unions for their simple design and assembly, their brass to iron thread connection that prevented corrosion, and a compressed air test of each union that avoided defective fittings.
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content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ER.293320.2776
label: accession number
content: 293320
label: catalog number
content: 293320.2776
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Paper Clip
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 5/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 3/4 in; 6.6675 cm x 6.35 cm x 1.905 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall - from catalog card: 2 5/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 3/4 in; 6.6675 cm x 6.35 cm x 1.905 cm