Images(7)

Gauge

Object number2011.101.23 a-i

Manufacturer Capitol Tool and Supply

OriginJapan

Mediummetal; plastic; paper

Credit LineGift of Patricia Campbell

DescriptionSet of six T-shaped gauges in red plastic holder with cardboard box.Dimensions(a) L: 4.5 ; W: .875
(b) L: 5.5 ; W: 2.125
(c) L: 4.5 ; W: .75
(d) L: 5.5 ; W: 3.5
(e) L: 4.25 ; W: .375
(f) L: 5.5 ; W: 1.25
(g) L: 6.25 ; W: 7.875
(h) L: 6.75 ; W: 8.25; D: .5
(i) L: 6.5 ; W: 8.125; D: .625
Marks(a)
Inscribed on top: "B / P.I.I. / JAPAN".

(b)
Inscribed on top: "E / P.I.I. / JAPAN".

(c)
Inscribed on top: "C / P.I.I. / JAPAN".

(d)
Inscribed on top: "F / P.I.I. / JAPAN".

(e)
Inscribed on top: "A / P.I.I. / JAPAN".

(f)
Inscribed on top: "D / P.I.I. / JAPAN".

(g)
White print on top left corner: "PII / TELESCOPING GAGES / 6 Pcs SET (5/16"-6")".
Inside has white print on each pocket: "B / 1/2" / to 3/4" "; "E 2 1/8" / TO / 3 1/2" "; "C / 3/4" / TO / 1 1/4" "; "F / 3 1/2" / TO / 6" "; "A / 5/16" / TO / 1/2" "; and "D / 1 1/4" / TO / 2 1/8" ".

Yellow sticker label on back with text "CAPITOL / TOOL & SUPPLY / 14530 CARMENITA ROAD / NORWALK, CALIF. 90650" followed by telephone numbers; printed in white on lower right corner, "JAPAN".

(h)
White label with red print on top left corner has text "P.I.I. / TELESCOPING GAGES / 6 pce SET (5/16" - 6") MADE IN JAPAN".
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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