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Weight

100-LB-1 weight plate with slot to fit weight hanger and ridges to nest with other weight plates. Used on the Fairbanks Company platform scale with 500-pound capacity -- this steelyard type scale has loose weights that are suspended from the short arm of the beam.

Date

c. 1930

Type

Mail Processing Equipment

Medium

metal; finish

Department

NPM

Institution

National Postal Museum

Object number

npm_2009.2015.1.3