Ashcroft Manufacturing Company Indicator used at Sunbury Three-Wire Power Station, 1883

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Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Indicator

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