Spud, welding
notes: label: Description
content: This object is a spud, a tool for aligning holes for riveting or other fastening measures, typically used during welding. It has a cylindrical body with pointed yet dull ends.
label: Description
content: This object was gifted by Larry L. Culp from the Culp Welding & Machine Company. Culp was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up primarily in the nearby Maryland suburb of Rockville. His grandfather founded the Culp Welding Company, a small welding business that his father then took over. Culp Welding stayed in steady business for decades, rarely employing more than a dozen workers at one time. Larry Culp sometimes helped on the shop floor, where he observed his grandfather and father run the business. Informed by these experiences and values, Culp became Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of General Electric Company, an American multinational conglomerate, on October 1, 2018.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Maryland, Silver Spring
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Larry L. Culp
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.3119.12
label: nonaccession number
content: 1994.3119
label: catalog number
content: 1994.3119.12
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Spud (Hole Aligning Tool), Welding Equipment
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 1 in; x 19.05 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 5/8 in x 7/8 in; x 19.3675 cm x 2.2225 cm