Token gas meter

Category Gas meters

Subcategory Token

Year of manufacture/creation 1962

Manufacturer/author Kromschröder

Place of manufacture/creation Osnabrück, Germany

Size Height: 26 cm
Width: 18.5 cm
Length: 17.5 cm
Weight: 3.6 kg

Material stainless steel, glass, goatskin, brass

Museum/Storage location Gasworks Museum in Paczków

Date of admission to the museum 1992

Rights to the exhibit Gasworks Museum in Paczków

Rights to digital images public domain

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Exhibit description

Most gas users would be surprised if they were required to insert coins into a meter in order to activate the flow of gas. Today, token gas meters seem to be a technical curiosity from the inception of the gas industry.

This gas meter with a slot mechanism is one of the newest gas meters in the extensive collection of the Gasworks Museum in Paczków – it was manufactured in 1962. Such devices have been used until recently in some German states and in the British Isles.
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