Worthington-Gamon Water Meter

Description:

This is a disc water meter, serial number 3,783,592, made by the Worthington-Gamon Meter Company in Newark, N. J. It has been cut away to show the operating parts. It was made after 1941 when the firm boasted that 3,650,000 of its meters were then serving thousands of communities.

Ref: Worthington-Gamon ad in Journal of the American Water Works Association 33 (Nov. 1941), ad section, p. 5.

Date Made: early 1940s

Maker: Worthington-Gamon Meter Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New Jersey, Newark

Subject: Water

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See more items in: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences, Natural Resources, Water Meters, Measuring & Mapping

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: PH.315359Accession Number: 219306Catalog Number: 315359

Object Name: water meter

Physical Description: bronze (overall material)Measurements: overall: 8 in x 13 in; 20.32 cm x 33.02 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-61eb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1411690

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