Accession Number: 2012.10.3
Description: Cast iron counter type platform scale; 12x15" unpainted platform; two vertical colums support the double brass beam; left hand column is classical doric column with wing shaped cutouts uo its entire length; right column is open cast "FAIRBANKS" lettering with curve to right at top, and with integral weight storage bar near bottom; three round loose weights, each with a slot to allow storage: 50lb, 100 lb and unmarked; double brass beam has sliding brass weights, upper bar marked to ten lbs in 1 oz divisions, lower bar to fifty lbs in half pound divisions; calibration weight on screw at left of beam, with a "scoop-weight" immediately above to account for use of a tin or brass scoop during weighing; cast on parts underneath "10983 Imperial" and "11206 Imperial"; cast in front of platform, "FAIRBANKS".
Height: 27
Width: 22
Depth: 21.5
Date Made: ca. 1900
Maker: Fairbanks
Place of Origin: St. Johnsbury, Vermont
Collection: APH Collection
History/Provenance: APH Collection
Credit Line: APH Collection, 2012.10
Subjects: Shipping Packaging Weights & measures
Dimension Notes: overall
Made: Fairbanks Scale
Material: Cast iron, brass
Updated: 05/14/2014
