OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Scales

MEDIAObject

CREATORChatillon, New York

COLLECTIONHastings-Western Port Historical Society

REG NO.257

DESCRIPTION

Long narrow cast iron hanging scales with a ring at the top to hang from a wall and a hook at the other end to hang the commodity being weighed. The hook is attached to a spring inside the scales. The front is a brass plate screwed to the scales with the measuring gauge up to 50 lbs. On the plate are the words “CHATILLON’S BALANCE No. 2 NEW YORK PATD JAN. 6. 1891 JAN 26. 1892”

SUBJECTS

Commercial equipment, Scales (apparatus)

KEYWORDS

Chatillon, New York