Antique Heavy-Duty Cast-Iron Mechanical Platform Beam Scale

Original Antique Heavy-Duty Cast-Iron Mechanical Platform Beam Scale, 24.5" height, 18.5" width, 27" depth, working condition with light rust. Overall, appears to be in good original condition. Please view photos

Medium

Cast Iron and Metal

Date

Early 20th Century

Condition Report

Good Original

Exhibited

Currently Mebane Antique Gallery and available for preview

Literature

antique mechanical platform scale, most notably manufactured by companies like E. & T. Fairbanks & Company or the Howe Scale Company during the late 19th to early 20th centuries. These heavy-duty cast-iron scales were essential industrial tools widely used in general stores, grain elevators, warehouses, and train stations to weigh heavy sacks of grain, agricultural produce, or freight

Provenance

McCall

Notes

Available for live in house bidding and pay-pick up from our gallery, Always bid with confidence with Mebane Auction. Thank you Jon Lambert

Condition

Good Original