General Information

Serial #

41830

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL, RUBBER & GLASS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

N/A

Width

60.0 cm

Height

241.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Servicing

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

GILBARCO

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

City

Springfield

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

USED IN CANADA

Function

USED TO PUMP GASOLINE FROM UNDERGROUND RESEVOIRS FOR FILLING AUTOMOBILE TANKS

Technical

TYPE OF PUMP THAT WAS USED BEFORE & SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE "CLEARVIEW" PUMPS

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE ON SKIRT: ‘FOR USE AS A/ MOTOR FUEL ONLY/ CONTAINS/ LEAD/ (TETRAETHYL)'/ BELOW TO THE LEFT OF THIS PLATE IS ANOTHER WITH: ‘PATENTED/ MARCH 25TH 1919/ APRIL 29TH 1919/ JULY 20TH 1920/ OTHER PATENTS PENDING/ GILBERT & BARKER/ MFG. CO./ SPRINGFIELD, MASS.'/ ON OPPOSITE SIDE FROM THIS PLATE IS ANOTHER WITH: ‘GAL. 5 PUMP/ FULL QUANTITY/ DELIVERED ONLY WHEN/ PISTON IS RETURNED/ TO INITIAL POSITION'/ ON SIDE IS A GRADUATED SCALE WITH ‘5' AT THE TOP & WORKING DOWN TO ‘0', EACH UNIT IS GRADUATED INTO EIGHTHS & NUMBERED AT EVERY HALF./ OPPOSITE THE SCALE ARE 6 BUTTONS MARKED: ‘5', ‘4', ‘3', ‘2, ‘1' & ‘½' GALLONS/ BELOW THE GRADUATED SCALE IS A CIRCULAR DIAL; IT IS NUMBERED FROM ‘0' TO ‘19' IN A CLOCKWISE DIRECTION/ BELOW THE NUMBERS IN THE TOP HALF IS WRITTEN ‘GILBERT & BARKER MFG. CO.', IN THE BOTTOM HALF ABOVE THE NUMBERS IS WRITTEN ‘SPRINGFIELD, MASS.', ACROSS THE MIDDLE ON EITHER SIDE OF CENTER IS WRITTEN ‘GALLONS'/ ON THE INSIDE IS THE MFG. PLATE WRITTEN ON IT IS: ‘SELF MEASURING PUMP/ TYPE 65/ G.B./ MODEL 2/ SERIAL 41830/ MANUFACTURED BY/ GILBERT & BARKER MFG. CO./ SPRINGFIELD MASS USA'/ TO THE RIGHT OF IT IS ANOTHER PLATE ‘LUBRICATE ALL/ MOVING PARTS/ FREQUENTLY'

Missing

ONE SMALL SIDE PANEL, TOP LAMP GLOBE, ONE RACK & PINION MECHANISM ON POINTER GAUGE SIDE

Finish

VERY RUSTY-WAS APPARENTLY ORIGINALLY "IMPERIAL" RED

Decoration

N/A