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Ford Meter Box was founded by Edwin Ford in Hartford City, Indiana in 1898. [1] He invented the meter box as a place to install water meters outside of homes that did not have basements. Ford's early experimentation found that meters could be installed in pits to protect them from freezing. His revolutionary invention was granted a patent on ...
Edwin H. Ford, founder of The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc., was born in Wabash, Indiana, on January 12, 1861, to Dr. James and America Ford. [1] Edwin was the youngest of six children. Shortly after Edwin's birth, his father, Dr. Ford, enlisted as an Army surgeon for the Union Army.
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The Ford Meter Box Company, an American manufacturer Ford's Theatre , Washington D.C., U.S. Ford Tractor Company , a manufacturer of tractors in 1916–17, not related to Ford Motor Company
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