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#263106 Sat Jul 16 2011 06:24 AM
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I picked this up at Iola about a week ago. Was this used for underground tanks? I thought Tokheim moved out of Cedar Rapids about 100 years ago. This piece dosn't look that old.

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Tokiem did move out of cedear Rapids as far as I know . They wound up In Fort Wayne Indiana . What i'm l;ooking at there certainly wasnt an underground piece . I dunno, ya done stumped me . Ed Shaver


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I believe that would go inside the tank underground?

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JJ Tokheim did sell his Tokheim Pump Company & it moved to Ft Wayne & was renamed Tokheim Pump & Tank Co. But a member of the Tokheim family did start another Tokheim Company in Cedar Rapids & continued into 1958 [per The BOOK]

Your float was made by the later company for use in Above Ground tanks. Under ground tanks are measured with a Dip Stick, just like they are today.

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I thought it was old because it said Cedar Rapids; fooled me!
Now what to do with it? Maybe a terrarium.................


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or a table lamp.
A Flexible tape was attached to float & ran over the top edge of tank and back down the outside where markings were.

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Under ground tanks can be measured with a Dip Stick--many stations also use a computer to moniter tanks,not only shows the gallons in the tank but tells how much water is present,temperature and detects leaks. I ALWAYS relied on the trusty DIP STICK.

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Was there really that many above ground tanks? I have seen tons of these floats over the years, but never really had enough interest in them to buy one or learn more about them.


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These floats were used in all types of liquid storage tanks, not just gas/oil.
As oil is pumped out it is stored in tanks before being transferred by pipeline/trucks to another tank. After being refined it is stored in tanks, all above ground. Until the age of computers, most measuring was done w/ floats.

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What to do with it? It looks like a beautiful piece of glass. Shine up the brass and you have an objet d'art.

From Webster's "an object of artistic worth or curiosity, esp. a small object."

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I was informed they were still being sold in 1970.


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