Trident Water Meter

Description:

This is a disc meter with split case and serial number 6,611,329 that fit a ⅝” pipe, and that was made by the Neptune Meter Company in Long Island City, New York, around 1943. The Trident was based on designs patented by John Thomson, a prolific inventor and member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

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

Date Made: ca 1943

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.325880Accession Number: 245003Catalog Number: 325880

Object Name: water meter

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

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-6c83-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1411409

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