Pipe cutter, welding
notes: label: Description
content: This pipe cutter is a piece of welding equipment used to cut, twist, and maneuver pipes. It has a metal spindle and a frame, almost like a micrometer; the handle twists the metal spindle to clamp the pipe at the other end and cut or twist it. It has inscriptions reading, “BARNES” and “NOC [or possibly NOG].”
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: 1994.3119.31
label: nonaccession number
content: 1994.3119
label: catalog number
content: 1994.3119.31
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pipe Cutter, Welding Equipment
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 37 1/2 in x 12 in; 5.715 cm x 95.25 cm x 30.48 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 3/4 in x 37 1/4 in x 11 3/4 in; 19.685 cm x 94.615 cm x 29.845 cm