General Information

Serial #

72017

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

BRASS CASE/ CAST IRON BACK AND SUPPORTS/ GLASS WINDOWS/ SYTHETIC FRONT WINDOW/ METAL WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

28.0 cm

Width

17.0 cm

Height

20.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Energy-electric

Category

Measurement

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Westinghouse

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Pennsylvania

City

Pittsburgh

Context

Country

Central America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY EARLY PART OF 20TH C

Canada

TYPE SAMPLE OF WATT-HOUR METER

Function

USED TO MEASURE AND RECORD THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY BEING CONSUMED IN A CIRCUIT IN WATT HOURS

Technical

WATT-HOUR METERS HELPED TURN ELECTRICITY INTO A BASIC COMMODITY WHICH COULD BE MEASURED AND PURCHASED ACCORDING TO THE AMOUNT USED.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PRINTED ON REGISTER PLATE:'WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC & MFG. CO./ PITTSBURGH, PA. U.S.A./ SHALLENBERGER./ METER/ 40 AMPERES/ NO. 72017/ PATENTED/ AUG. 14 '88/ JAN. 14 '90/ MAR. 25 '90/ APR. 22 '90/ [FOUR RECORDING DIALS MARKED '0' TO '9' AND DESIGNATED] 10S/ 100S/ 1,000S/ 10,000S'

Missing

BOTTOM FRONT WINDOW ON CASE IS MADE OF PLASTIC AND IS PROBABLY NOT ORIGINAL WHICH WOULD HAVE PROBABLY BEEN OF GLASS

Finish

LACQUERED BRASS/ BLACK GLOSS PAINT BACK/ WHITE ENAMELLED PLATE WITH BLACK PRINTING

Decoration

N/A