Ashcroft Manufacturing Company Indicator used at Sunbury Three-Wire Power Station, 1883
THF174527 / Ashcroft Manufacturing Company Indicator used at Sunbury Three-Wire Power Station, 1883
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Artifact Overview
Artifact Details
Artifact
Indicator
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
29.1985.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Metal
Wood (Plant material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Glass (Material)
Color
Silver (Color)
Brown
Black (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 4.5 in
Width: 9.25 in
Length: 8 in
Inscriptions
on cover of instruction book in gold lettering:
TABOR / STEAM ENGINE INDICATOR. / Barrus.
on base of indicator:
The Ashcroft Mfg. Co. Boston Mass. U.S.A. Patented Decr. 10 1878 No, 762
handwritten on first pages and last page of instruction book:
W. S. Andrews
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