water gauge

Howell Wier Water Gauge
1900
Made by Weir Gage Manufacturing Co., Butte, MT
An expensive piece of equipment, this gauge measured water flow. It represented Kohrs’ ventures in the impoundment and sale of the arid west’s “liquid gold” to local miners.

Wood, glass, metal, rubber . L 10.25, W 64.5, T 5.75 cm (BOX)
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, GRKO 544

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