Brass Component Valve

3D Model

Brass Component of a Fire Suppressant Apparatus

This brass item was manufactured by the Larkin Manufacturing Company of Dayton, Ohio (Photograph 2). The Larkin Mfg. Co., originally the M.D. Larkin Supply Company, specialized in fire suppression equipment and was incorporated in 1907.1 A 1915 article from in Fire and Water Engineering Magazine lists the types of equipment the company manufactured and distributed 2. Fire departments in the area would have used this type of equipment as safety technology improved.