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Gas Valve and Burner Fitting


Title	Gas Valve and Burner Fitting
Coverage / Year	1913 to 1927
Description	This fitting is made of cast brass and has fleur-de-les ornamentation. A pipe with a threaded socket screw connects the fitting.
Interpretation	Before electricity, many homes and businesses had gas lighting systems. Burners with adjustable valves would be spaced over the room, connected by a thin piping system. This fitting was left over by its owners during the transition to electricity and marks a very specific time in American history.
Lesson Plans / Themes	How we learn about communities; American communities in history;
Learning Standards	16 History; 13 Science, Technology and Society; 18 Social Systems; 15 Economics;
Author or Creator	Unknown
Subject / Keywords	United States; Electricity; Gas lighting; American inventions
Collection Publisher	Early American Museum
Further Information	For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project.
Rights Management Statement	http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm
Resource Identifier	1998.016.0201bb
CONTENTdm file name	17135211162002_98.16.201bb.jpg