Venturi Meter, Holden, Worcester County, MA
Summary
Significance: Constructed for the world's Columbian Exposition, in Chicago, in 1893. It was then donated to the Alden Research Laboratory where it served for many years as a standard for the calibration of other meters.
Survey number: HAER MA-60-B
Building/structure dates: 1888 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1972 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Neale, Lawrence C
Herschel, Clemens
Builders Iron Foundry
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Lebovich, Bill, historian
Location
Holden (Mass. : Town), 42.35176, -71.86341
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html