Platform scale
- Made:
- circa 1935 in Manchester
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Platform scale, made by the Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd
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Platform scale, made by the Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd, Manchester, c.1935.
Includes hook for suspended weights and five concentric weights; 2 x 1CWT, 1 x 56lb, 1 x 28lb and 1 x 14lb.
Details
- Category:
- Weighing & Measuring
- Object Number:
- Y1989.246.242
- Measurements:
-
Overall: 1230 mm x 700 mm x 730 mm, 277 kg
- type:
- platform scale
- credit:
- Gift of the Co-operative Wholesale Society
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