Howell Wier Water Gauge

Weir Gage Manufacturing Co

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, National Park Service
Deer Lodge, MT, United States

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.

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Title: Howell Wier Water Gauge
Creator: Weir Gage Manufacturing Co
Location: Butte, MT
Contributor: Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, National Park Service
Original Source: http://www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/grko/exb/RanchingToday/FeedWater/grko544_watergauge.html
Source: Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
National Park Service Catalog Number: GRKO 544
Measurements: L 10.25, W 64.5, T 5.75 cm (BOX)
Materials: Wood, glass, metal, rubber
Date: 1900

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, National Park Service

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