The Flow Meter Flume

The Flow-Meter Flume is a mobile application for collectors of hydraulic antiquities, historians of civil engineering, and preservers of waterworks heritage, dedicated to cataloging the mechanical instruments used to measure water velocity, pressure, and discharge that have been replaced by digital sensors and Doppler flow meters. Systematize your collection of the “guardians of the current”—from brass Price-type current meters used to measure river velocity to heavy cast-iron Venturi meters, from mechanical water-stage recorders with clockwork drums to antique Pitot tubes and specialized weir gauges used for irrigation management. Create a digital archive of hydraulic history by recording the instrument type, manufacturer, measurement range, era, and the specific river system or municipal waterworks each specimen once served.