Badger SC-SOT Water Meter
date: label: date made
content: ca 1929
name: label: maker
content: Badger Meter Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: This disc water meter was made by the Badger Meter Manufacturing Company in Milwaukee, Wisc. SC-SOT stands for split case, sealed oil gear train.The split case could be used in warmer climates where there was no danger of freezing. It fits a ⅝” pipe, has a capacity of 26 gallons per minute, and was designed for use with corrosive waters. The serial number (828,438) dates from 1929.
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.325806
label: accession number
content: 245003
label: catalog number
content: 325806
objectType: label: Object Name
content: water meter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 3/4 in x 7 1/2 in; 19.685 cm x 19.05 cm