Phoenix Model 2 Water Meter
- Description
- This is a disc water meter with split case and serial number 155,706 that fit a ⅝” pipe, and that was made by the Phoenix Meter Corporation in Staten Island, New York. Phoenix Meter was organized in 1914, incorporated in 1925, and out of business by the early 1940s. Ernest Gamon, an engineer who had been connected with the meter industry since 1900, was a prime mover of the firm.
- Ref: Phoenix Meter Corporation, Phoenix Disc Water Meters (n.d.).
- date made
- ca 1925-ca 1940
- maker
- Phoenix Meter Corporation
- place made
- United States: New York, Staten Island
- Physical Description
- bronze (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 in x 7 1/2 in; 20.32 cm x 19.05 cm
- ID Number
- PH.325867
- accession number
- 245003
- catalog number
- 325867
- Credit Line
- A.A. Hirsch
- subject
- Water
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Measuring & Mapping
- Water Meters
- Natural Resources
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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