Federal Model A Water Meter
date: label: date made
content: ca 1925-ca 1945
name: label: maker
content: Federal Meter Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This disc water meter was made by the Federal Meter Corporation in East Orange, New Jersey. It has oil enclosed gears, a split case, and serial number 171,592. It fit a ⅝” pipe, and is somewhat smaller and lighter than the standard household model. Federal Meter, a subsidiary of the A.P. Smith Manufacturing Company, was in business from 1925 to 1945.
label: Description
content: Ref: A.P. Smith Mfg. Co., <i>Federal Meters</i> (1937).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, East Orange
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.325841
label: accession number
content: 245003
label: catalog number
content: 325841
objectType: label: Object Name
content: water meter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/4 in x 7 1/2 in; 18.415 cm x 19.05 cm