Keystone WW Water Meter

Description:

This is a disc water meter with split case and no serial number that fit a ⅝” pipe. The Pittsburgh Meter Company introduced the Keystone meter in 1901, and the Pittsburgh Equitable Meter Company was still producing it in the late 1930s.

Date Made: ca 1901-ca 1940

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh

Subject: Water

Subject:

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Exhibition Location:

Credit Line: A.A. Hirsch

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: PH.325855Accession Number: 245003Catalog Number: 325855

Object Name: water meter

Physical Description: bronze (overall material)Measurements: overall: 7 1/8 in x 7 1/2 in; 18.1356 cm x 19.05 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-5c4a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1411544

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