Petrol pump tester

Object/Artifact

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Waterperry Museum

Petrol pump tester

Petrol pump tester

Name/Title

Petrol pump tester

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.982

Description

Brass and copper instrument marked 'Checkpump', c. 1930.

Context

Made for use by the West Riding Council. Originally they were used as dispensing canisters before electric pumps became standard. They came in varying measures but this one is marked Half Gallon 20 degree C. In the 1950s and 1960s these petrol measures were used on the forecourts of petrol stations to reassure the public that they receiving accurate readings. Standard working measures were specially made to be used by the weights and measures department to calibrate any of the inspector's measures that were to be taken out on site.

Cataloged By

Felix Lam

Category

Bicycles, motor bikes, mechanical, Tools

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Gordon Dempster

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Dimensions

Height

320 mm

Width

320 mm

Circumference

500 mm

Weight

3.558 g

Material

Brass, Copper, Metal

Location

* Untyped Location

SWL