Watch Dog Water Meter
date: label: date made
content: early 1940s
name: label: maker
content: Worthington-Gamon Meter Company
notes: label: Description
content: This ⅝” disc water meter was made by the Worthington-Gamon Meter Company in Newark, New Jersey. It has a cast iron body and no serial number, and so was probably made during materials restrictions of World War II.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
topic: label: Subject
content: Water
label: Subject
content: World War II
label: related event
content: World War II
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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.325892
label: accession number
content: 245003
label: catalog number
content: 325892
objectType: label: Object Name
content: water meter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cast iron (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/4 in x 7 1/2 in; 18.415 cm x 19.05 cm