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Accession # |
2022.23.2 |
Item Name |
Gauge |
Description |
The circular brass metal gauge has a glass cover and a threaded pipe and spout painted in blue underneath. Numbers are arranged around the outside face of the gauge ranging from 0 to 100 in increments of 10. The manufacturers information is on the face of the gauge. In black lettering is "The James Morrison/ Brass Mfg. Co. Limited/ Toronto/ Canada." |
Date |
CIRCA 1942 |
Provenance |
The pressure gauges are from the Shand Dam, Belwood Lake Conservation Area, and part of the Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA). The gauges date after 1930 and are possibly original to when the dam opened in 1942. They were replaced with electronic gauges in 1995/1996. Jerry Brousseau oversaw the project. The gauge (2022.23.1) was used to read the pressure on one of the valves on the Shand Dam, which controlled the normal summer flow of water, located 12-14 feet below the gates. The gauge (2022.23.2) read the pressure in the relief wells (relief wells were designed to relieve the pressure under the dam to avoid having high water pressure life the dam up). |
Person \ Organization |
Brousseau, Jerry Shand Dam Belwood Lake Conservation Area Grand River Conservation Authority The James Morrison Brass Manufacturing Company Limited |
Place |
Belwood Lake Township of Centre Wellington Toronto |
Year Range from |
1930 |
Year Range to |
1945 |
Makers mark |
The manufacturers information is on the face of the gauge. In black lettering is "The James Morrison/ Brass Mfg. Co. Limited/ Toronto/ Canada." |