Antique Toledo Scale

Description

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This item is vintage and does have imperfections due to its age. This scale head has never been mounted to a platform, we have had this for about 15 years and used it as display.
This scale head is 37” in length, 30.5” in height and 9.5” in depth. This weighs about 74 lbs. I cannot ship this due to the delicate glass face. This is local pickup only.
It is Model # 36-1741-FE, Serial # 216, Factory # 2170-0-143-01, with a rated capacity of 12500-LB.
We are located in Paducah, KY and are about 2 hours from Nashville.
I have included the story behind Toledo scales and it makes for a fun read. This information was obtained from the University of Toledo:
The story of Toledo Scale began when Henry Theobald was fired from the National Cash Register Company for instituting changes in the production system that he believed would decrease costs and improve the product. He decided to start his own business, solicited investors, and bought the DeVilbiss Computing Scale Company from Allen DeVilbiss Jr. of Toledo around 1900. DeVilbiss had invented and patented a pendulum type scale that used actual weight (gravity), as a counterbalance rather than spring tension. The pendulum scale was superior because spring tension would change with temperature and wear, while gravity would not. Theobald's goal was to offer grocers devices with which they could obtain exact measurements, because accuracy in weight in the retail environment meant happier customers and higher profits.1
Henry Theobald founded Toledo Scale in 1901, and coined the phrase, "No Springs, Honest Weight" as a slogan for the new company. During his reign, Toledo Scale boomed. "Mr. Theobald was a man of amazing energy, ability, and imagination, as was proved many times in the nearly twenty-five years that he headed the company."2