General Information

Serial #

J-18403

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CAST ALUMINUM CASE/ GLASS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

15.8 cm

Width

18.0 cm

Height

13.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Traffic control

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

STREETER-AMET

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Grayslake

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

CA. 1960-1984

Canada

USED ON CANADIAN ROADS TO RECORD TRAFFIC VOLUME FROM THE 1960'S TO THE 1980'S. TRAFFIC ENGINEERING STARTED IN THE 1930'S WITH THE INCREASE NUMBER OF ROADS AND AUTOMOBILES. IT BECAME EVEN MORE IMPORTANT IN CANADA AFTER WW2.

Function

TO RECORD TRAFFIC VOLUME AUTOMATICALLY WITH A PNEUMATIC DETECTOR, AND OFFERING DIRECT VISUAL READINGS OF THE RESULTS IN ORDER TO HELP TRAFFIC ENGINEERS IN THEIR PLANNING, DESIGNING, CONTROLLING, OPERATING AND MANAGEMENT OF TRAFFIC.

Technical

THE COUNTER WORKS WITH A PNEUMATIC TRAFFIC DETECTOR WHICH APPARENTLY, WORKS BETTER THAN PHOTO-ELECTRIC COUNTING DEVICES FOR HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC. THE TRAFFIC TUBE IS ATTACHED ACROSS THE ROADWAY, ACTS AS A SENSOR AND IS LINKED TO THE TRAFFIC COUNTER. THE MECHANISM IS POWERED BY TWO DRY CELL 6 VOLTS BATTERIES. FOR MORE INFO SEE WORKSHEET.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Embossed on lid: "Traficounter Jr./ STREETER-AMET CO./ GRAYSLAKE/ ILL. USA/ U.S. PAT. NO'S 8.2884148, DES. 130482"/ Mfr plate inside of lid: "PATENTED UNDER ONE OR/ MORE OF THE FOLLOWING U.S. PAT./ 2067336, 2269501, 2334143, 2340634,/ 2362874, Des. 130492, 2040072, 2040073,/ 2103618, 2065362, 2228165,/ 2207996, 2156715, 2140796,/ 2381412, 2543794, 2543806,/ & PATENTS PENDING./ MANUFACTURED BY/ STREETER-AMET CO./ Grayslake, ILL., U.S.A./ SERIALNO./ [engraved] J-18403"/ Yellow label below: "WARNING/ THE "ON"-"OFF" SWITCH MUST/ REMAIN IN THE "OFF" POSITION/ WHEN COUNTS ARE NOT BEING/ TAKEN./ ALSO/ DIAPHRAM POINTS MUST BE/ GAPPED AS PER THE OPERATING/ INSTRUCTIONS, PAGE #4/ NEVER ALLOW DIAPHRAGM/ POINTS TO REMAIN CLOSED. DAM-/ AGE TO THE ENTIRE COUNTER MAY/ RESULT FROM THE BATTERY CORRO-/ SION"/ PRINT ON COUNTER READS: "THE VEEDER MFR CO./ PATENTED OCT. 22, 1895 & AUG. 15, 1911/ HARTFORD/ CONN. U.S.A./ VEEDER"/ DIAL BESIDE COUNTER IS DIVIDED "0" TO "20"/ PIECE BEHIND READS: "PAT. APPLD. FOR"

Missing

TWO 6 VOLTS EVEREADY BATTERIES (NO. 410), RIBBER ROAD TUBE (50')

Finish

ROUGH METAL CASE WITH HANDLE

Decoration

N/A