Trident Water Meter

Description:

This is a disc water meter with split case and serial number 366,654 that fit a ⅝” pipe, and that was made by the Neptune Meter Company in Long Island City, New York, in the first decade of the twentieth century. The firm was founded in 1892. Its original product, the Trident water meter, was based on designs patented by John Thomson, a prolific inventor and member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Neptune boasted in 1909 that “A record of over 600,000 Trident Meters made and sold give to us the pre-eminent position among water meter manufacturers.”

Ref: Neptune Meter Company, The Trident Water Meter (New York, 1895, 1901, 1903).

Date Made: ca 1900-ca 1910

Maker: Neptune Meter Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, Queens, Long Island City

Subject: Water

Subject:

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

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Credit Line: A.A. Hirsch

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: PH.325875Accession Number: 245003Catalog Number: 325875

Object Name: water meter

Physical Description: brass (overall material)Measurements: overall: 7 3/4 in x 7 1/2 in; 19.685 cm x 19.05 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-6bdb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1411404

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