Gauge
Object number2011.101.8
Manufacturer
G.A.L. Gage Company
OriginStevensville, MI
Mediumsteel
Credit LineGift of Patricia Campbell
DescriptionWeld fillet gauge. Steel plate with adjustable ruler on lower center; red plastic knob. Two open slits on front for adjusting measurement.Dimensions2.25 x 3.375 in. (5.7 x 8.6 cm)InscriptionsHand-engraved on back, top left corner: "SQC / 34".
MarksMaker's information engraved on front "Weld Fillet Gage Adjustable / G.A.L. Gage Company / Stevensville, MI 49127 / 616-465-5750". "Made in U.S.A. / Pat. Pending".
Historical NotesDonor Patricia Campbell's husband, Clyde H. Campbell, worked for NAVCO (National Valve and Manufacturing Company) from 1967 to 1985. NAVCO was a pipe and valve manufacturing firm started by Henry E. Haller. They had two local plants in Etna and Lawrenceville. Radiographers would test the welds on the pipes to make sure they were sound. Campbell served four years in the U.S. Navy before apprenticing at NAVCO at the age of 23. The plant closed in 1985, during the recession, which decimated much of the industrial sector in the region. Campbell then worked as a radiographer at a Beaver nuclear power plant. His family attributes his death from leukemia to radiation exposure, but said that they can not prove this.
Related institution
National Valve and Manufacturing Company
Previous owner
Clyde H. Campbell
Related institution
United States Navy
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