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2025

January 2025 - In Memory of Hank Leander

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February 2025 - Navigating the Build America, Buy America Act (BABAA)

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March 2025 - From Wells to Tumblers: Reflecting on Water’s Journey

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April 2025 - Catalog Updates for Couplings and Specialty Products

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May 2025 - Expanding Solutions for Easy Connections

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June 2025 - Training for the Waterworks Industry

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July 2025 - Connecting Together

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August 2025 - Adjustable S-tube for Varying PRV Lengths

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September 2025 - Leading Edge Safety Technology for the Foundry

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October 2025 - Ford Meter Box Expands the BOALINQ™ Product Line with a New Flanged Coupling Adapter

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November 2025 - Two Sites. One Mission.

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December 2025 - A Holiday Card Tradition That Keeps Everyone Smiling

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2024

January 2024 - Breaking Ground

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February 2024 - Seal the Deal with a Cap-Style Flange Gasket

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March 2024 - It's Water Main Break Weather

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April 2024 - Welcome to Fordmeterbox.tv

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May 2024 - Ford Meter Box Customer Service

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June 2024 - Stainless Steel Solutions for Pipe Products

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July 2024 - Improved Check Valve Resistance to Chloramine Degradation

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August 2024 - 25th Annual Dave Kunkel Cruise-In for ALS

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September 2024 - Pell City Makes Room for Baker Coupling

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October 2024 - Mobile & Efficient Residential Meter Testing

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November 2024 - Uni-Flange Celebrates 30 Years!

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December 2024 - Understanding Ford Meter Box Part Numbers

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2023

January 2023 - Avoid the Squeeze

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February 2023 - Fulfilling Our Mission

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March 2023 - The First Meter Setter

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April 2023 - Ford Gives Encore Performance on HGTV’s Home Town

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May 2023 - Made in America

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June 2023 - Go Big with Baker!

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July 2023 - What We Are Made Of

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August 2023 - The 50th Anniversary for Pipe Products

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September 2023 - 125 Years of Storytelling

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October 2023 - Stainless Couplings & Adapters

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November 2023 - Constrict and Connect

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December 2023 - 125 Years of Waterworks Products

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2022

January 2022 - Ball Valve or Key Valve?

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February 2022 - Keeping Your Check Valves in Check

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March 2022 - Ford Trucking Operations - Celebrating 40 Years

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April 2022 - A Lot of Testing But Not a "Lot"-ta Testing!

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May 2022 - Ford Plant Solutions

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June 2022 - Let's Have a Ball (Corp)!

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July 2022 - Building Capacity, Improving the Process

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August 2022 - Passing the Torch

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September 2022 - Ford at Your Fingertips

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October 2022 - Repair Clamps

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November 2022 - Addressing Pipe Misalignment

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December 2022 - Ford Adjustable Flanges

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2021

January 2021 - Meter Pit Design, Installation, and Maintenance

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February 2021 - Bridging the Gap

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March 2021 - Ford Meter Box Customer Service

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April 2021 - Diplomacy Through Soccer

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May 2021 - Training in a Pandemic

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June 2021 - Business Ethics Are Not Complicated

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July 2021 - The Crescent Box: Celebrating 100 Years!

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August 2021 - Ford Plant Solutions

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September 2021 - Ford Meter Box and The Arc: Community Partners

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October 2021 - Tapping Sleeve for Reinforced Concrete Cylinder Pipe

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November 2021 - Adjustable Height Pit Setter

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December 2021 - Don't Get Caught Empty-Handed

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2020

January 2020 - Meet Vessel: The First Water Leak Detection Canine in the US

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February 2020 - Fire Plugs

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March 2020 - Fun, Games, and Serious Competition at AWWA ACE

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April 2020 - Carl Doran (1943-2020)

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May 2020 - Ford Meter Box Iron Products

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June 2020 - Keeping Water Running

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July 2020 - Pit Setters for Large Meters

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August 2020 - The Fordilla

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September 2020 - Take The Bite Out Of Brass

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October 2020 - Ford Meter Box Values Customer Feedback

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November 2020 - Summers at Ford Meter Box

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December 2020 - Christmas at Ford Meter Box

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2019

January 2019 – Ford Meter Box and AWWA

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February 2019 – 30 Years of Easy Dual Check Valve Protection

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March 2019 - Volunteering for Water

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April 2019 - Everyone Forever

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May 2019 - Edwin Ford's Water Meter

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June 2019 - Creating Connections with Ford® Drilling Machines

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July 2019 - Ford Meter Box Celebrates 25 Years with Uni-Flange

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August 2019 - The Ford® Abandoned Corp Cap

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September 2019 - Uni-Flange® Series 1300 Restraint

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October 2019 - Ford Meter Box Expands Secura-Lok Line

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November 2019 - Tapping Sleeves

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December 2019 - Ford Serves for Charity

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2018

January 2018 – It's Quick and Easy

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March 2018 – A Boom in the Night

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February 2018 – Uncovered

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April 2018 – Cuyamaca College - Center for Water Studies Ribbon Cutting

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June 2018 – Ford Introduces the Latest in Meter Testing Technology

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May 2018 – No More Missed Connections

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July 2018 – The Ford® Uni-Ring

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September 2018 – Proper Wrench Usage Promotes Successful Installations

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August 2018 – Charlie Chapman Retires

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October 2018 – Discourage Water Theft with Ford's Secura-Lok!

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December 2018 – Ford is Prepared for the Winter Freeze

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November 2018 – Coppersetters: A Wide Variety of Options

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2017

January 2017 – The Indiana Manufacturers Hall of Fame

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February 2017 – Need to Replace a Coupling? Ford's Cut-In Coupling is the Ideal Choice

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April 2017 – 100 Years Testing Water Meters

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March 2017 – Ford Meter Box Listens! Field Feedback Fuels Features

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May 2017 – Customer Service Update

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July 2017 – Save with Ford's Recirculating System

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June 2017 – C909/C907 Restraint Solutions

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September 2017 – The Same, But Different

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August 2017 – Water Operator Competition - ACE17

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November 2017 – Thirty Years of Products for Electronic Meter Reading Accessibility

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October 2017 – Ford Expands Lead-Pak Coupling Collection

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December 2017 – The Ford Meter Box Company: Committed to Quality

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2016

January 2016 – First Annual Turkey Trot

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February 2016 – Made in the USA!

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April 2016 – Gary Bryant Announces Retirement and Tom Lower Named Senior Manager of Sales and Marketing

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March 2016 – Ford Product Training

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June 2016 – Test Your Water with the Ford Sampling Station

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May 2016 – A Wide Variety of Options

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August 2016 – Ford's Water Tower: The End of an Era

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July 2016 – Ford Celebrates Forty Years of Check Valves

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September 2016 – Be Prepared With The Ford Emergency Repair Clamp Kit

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November 2016 – The Panama Canal Expansion Project

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October 2016 – Art in Iron and Clay

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December 2016 – Indiana Celebrates 200 Years

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2015

January 2015 – It's Tough to Knock Out a Heavyweight

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April 2015 – Ford Meter Box Customer Service

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March 2015 – The Ford Meter Box Company: Committed to Quality

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February 2015 – What A Relief!

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May 2015 – Careful Installation Saves Time and Money

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August 2015 – Need Pipe Support?

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July 2015 – Ford Adapters Provide Versatility When Metering

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June 2015 – Renovation Renews Facility - Colorado Springs Upgrades their Meter Testing Facility

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September 2015 – A Plastic Lid Rated to 40,000 Pounds!

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November 2015 – Ford Offers Line of Non-Potable Water Products

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October 2015 – Blast From the Past

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December 2015 – Quality for the Generations

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2014

January 2014 – Two Million Hours Safe!

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February 2014 – Ford Armorguard Coatings

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April 2014 – The Fate Of Freezing

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March 2014 – Ford Dual-Armor Wrap Clamp

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May 2014 – Committed to Fitness

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July 2014 – Ford Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Uni-Flange

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June 2014 – Ford Fittings For Lead Service Line Replacement

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October 2014 – Metropolitan Waterworks Museum Keeps City's Water History Alive

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September 2014 – Ford Meter Box Traditions

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December 2014 – Repair Clamps! We are ready - are you?

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November 2014 – Ford Meter Box - 115 Years of History

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2013

January 2013 – Ford Meter Box - Going Electronic

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March 2013 – FLS All Stainless Steel Repair Clamp with Removable Bolts

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February 2013 – Is Your Ford Catalog Up To Date?

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May 2013 – Ford Conserves With The Pacmaster TM

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April 2013 – Take The Bite Out of Brass

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July 2013 – The Ford FS300 Series All Stainless Steel Saddle

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June 2013 – Ford Meter Box Customer Service

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August 2013 – Making Running Water Run

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November 2013 – Ford Meter Box Customer Service

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October 2013 – Ditch Conveyance System

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September 2013 – Sewer Pipe Restraint

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December 2013 – Choose Security and Durability with Ford Stainless Steel

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2012

March 2012 – Ford Brings the Best to the Surface

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February 2012 – AMSII Water Meter Test Bench

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April 2012 – Ford Pours It On No-Lead Waterworks Brass

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July 2012 – The Ford Sampling Station Custom-Made for You

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June 2012 – The Ford Meter Box Company: More Than Committed to Quality - It's Our Culture

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May 2012 – The Akron Foundry Fire

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August 2012 – Everyone - Forever

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October 2012 – The Meter Test Bench Auto-Stop

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September 2012 – Bull Of The Woods

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December 2012 – Divining For Water

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November 2012 – The Fate Of Freezing

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2011

January 2011 – A Pair of Ford Meter Box Milestones (100th anniversary of incorporation & Edwin Ford's move to Wabash)

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March 2011 – The Unexpected...

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February 2011 – Ford Meter Box And Your Local Stocking Distributor Committed To Servicing The Water Industry

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May 2011 – Restrained Flange Adapter

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April 2011 – Restrained Couplings Are Now SO-EZ!

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July 2011 – Ford Meter Setters for Any Type of Service Anywhere (various styles)

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June 2011 – The New Ford SIMTAP

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September 2011 – The Ford Ultra-Seal Flange Gasket Still Leading The Way

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August 2011 – www.fordmeterbox.com (announcement of major website revision)

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November 2011 – Expanding Your Options With Plastic

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October 2011 – Ford Meter Box's First Advertisement (Oct, 1889, Meter pit & cover)

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December 2011 – Ford Meter Box Product Submittals

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2010

January 2010 – Ford Meter Box Customer Service

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March 2010 – The New Ford Ultra-Tite

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February 2010 – It's a Running Change

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April 2010 – How to Select Water Meter Testing Equipment

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June 2010 – Ford Meter Box at the AWWA National Conference: Then and Now

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May 2010 – Final Components of Quality and Satisfaction: Application and Installation

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August 2010 – The Ford Meter Box Health Club

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July 2010 – An Original - The Ford Coppersetter!

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October 2010 – Introducing the Ford Retro-Z Setter

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September 2010 – F1/F2 Style Repair Clamps Offering A Wider Range

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November 2010 – Ford Meets a Challenge in Pago Pago, American Samoa

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December 2010 – MDA Receives Check From Kunkel Cruise-In

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2009

January 2009 – Smooth Operator

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February 2009 – Flip your lid and replace it with Ford's new Plastic Lid

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April 2009 – Meter Pit Design

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March 2009 – Utility Inspection Equipment To The Rescue!

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June 2009 – Ford Meter Setter Line: Evolution And Growth Over 110 Years

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May 2009 – Meter Pit Maintenance and Operation

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July 2009 – The New FACC Provides Peace Of Mind

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September 2009 – Identifying Reclaimed Water

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August 2009 – Ford Meter Box And Your Stocking Distributor...

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November 2009 – Crescent Box Lid Theft Plagues New Orleans

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October 2009 – ONE MILLION HOURS SAFE!

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December 2009 – The Pros and Cons of Specifications

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2008

January 2008 – Ford Rings in the New Year with a New Product

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February 2008 – Indiana Section AWWA Turns 100

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April 2008 – 24 Years And Counting

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March 2008 – That's Just Nuts!

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May 2008 – The Ford Drilling Machine

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July 2008 – A Company That Cares

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June 2008 – Ford Tapping Sleeves Are Undefeetable

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September 2008 – Modern Travel Maladies

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August 2008 – Ford Meter Box No-Lead Brass

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November 2008 – The SO-EZ Gasket Is So Easy

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October 2008 – FS303 Stainless Steel Saddles

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December 2008 – Charity Begins at Home

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2007

January 2007 – Thirty Years of the Reliable Uni-Flange Adapter

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April 2007 – Celebrating a Decade of Ford Quick Joints!

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March 2007 – Fifty Years of the Ford Corporation Stop

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February 2007 – The Ford Ball Valve - The Best Just Got Better

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June 2007 – Ford Website Update!

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May 2007 – Tapping Into Reliability

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July 2007 – Only Tap Water Delivers

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October 2007 – Ford Is Prepared For The Winter Freeze

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August 2007 – Greensburg Kansas Rebuilds

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November 2007 – Ford Plastic Yokebox Lids

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December 2007 – UFR1500 Circle-Lock for C900 and IPS PVC

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2006

January 2006 – The Distribution Chain

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March 2006 – Tom Hodson Retires

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February 2006 – Make Meter Reading Easy - 1917

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April 2006 – The El Paso Desalination Project

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May 2006 – Water For People

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July 2006 – Break Out Of The Stone Age With Uni-Flange Restraints

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June 2006 – Why Pay for Concrete and Labor? Save Money w/ Uni-Flange Restraints

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September 2006 – Thirty Years of Ford Check Valves

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August 2006 – Teamwork Restores Service

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October 2006 – Ford Develops The User-Friendly Happy Meter

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December 2006 – The Pros and Cons of Specifications

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November 2006 – Ford Meter Box Customer Service

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2005

February 2005 – Get It Straight From Ford

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January 2005 – The Industry Beneath Your Feet

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April 2005 – Committed To Quality

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March 2005 – Ford Ultra-Flex Couplings Go To Great Lengths To Close The Gap!

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June 2005 – Ford's Uni-Flange 1400 Celebrates 10th Anniversary

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May 2005 – The World's First Electrically Lighted City - Wabash, Indiana

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August 2005 – Ford Meter Box Submittals

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July 2005 – Ford Ball Valves: The Industry Standard

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October 2005 – Get The Best With AMS

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September 2005 – Tracer Wire Services

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November 2005 – Identifying Reclaimed Water

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December 2005 – The Largest Selection Of Couplings, Only From Ford Meter Box

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2004

January 2004 – The Power Of The Consumer

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March 2004 – The Fuller Award

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February 2004: Need A Wide Range Clamp? Look To Ford For Variety, Quality And Availability

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June 2004 – Ford's New Quick Connect Box An Evolution Of Product Design

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May 2004 – Ford's Locking Feature Can Protect Your Future

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August 2004 – Ford Is Big On Tapping Sleeves

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July 2004 – Ford Introduces The Ultra-Seal Flange Gasket

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October 2004 – Life Beyond The Water Main

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September 2004 – Integral Port Makes Field Testing Easy

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November 2004 – Terry Agness February 10, 1939 - October 4, 2004

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December 2004 – Ford Has A Fitting Solution For Lead Service Line Replacement

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2003

January 2003 – Business Ethics Are Not Complicated

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February 2003 – The New Ford Ultra-Flex: "A One Size Fits All" Coupling - Really!

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May 2003 – Ford Pipeline Products: A Complete Line In The Ford Tradition

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March 2003 – Ford Introduces The AMS, Automated Measuring System For Use With Ford Water Meter Test Benches

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June 2003 – Ford Does Training

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September 2003 – A Worse Case Scenario

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August 2003 – The Classics Visit Ford Meter Box

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October 2003 – Ford Improves Iron Products

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December 2003 – Ford Meter Setting Can Solve Your Special Needs

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2002

April 2002 – New Orleans And Ford Meter Box - A Grateful Relationship Continues

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March 2002 – Valuable Information At Your Fingertips

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June 2002 – Ford Meter Box Keeps Water Systems Moving In The Right Direction

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May 2002 – Water And The 2002 Winter Olympics

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September 2002 – Fordmeterbox.com

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August 2002 – The Dave Kunkel Cruise-In For ALS

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November 2002 – Ford Adapters Provide Flexibility When Metering

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October 2002 – The Uni-Flange® Connection

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December 2002 – Honoring Those Who Served

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July 2002 – Ford Couplings...A Fitting Tradition Throughout The Years

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February 2002 – Extending The Long Yokebox Tradition

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January 2002 – Stick With What You Know And Do What You Do Best

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2001

January 2001 – Time To Reflect

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March 2001 – Careful Installation Saves Time And Money

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February 2001 – An Original - The Ford Coppersetter

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May 2001 – Terry Agness Retires And Board Names Tom Hodson President Of Ford Meter Box

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April 2001 – The Ford Long Double Gulfbox

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June 2001 – A New Training Center For Educating Ford Meter Box Customers And Sales & Distribution

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August 2001 – A Game Of Inches

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October 2001 – Justice Will Be Done

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September 2001 – Ford Meter Box And Your Local Stocking Distributor Committed To Servicing The Water Industry

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November 2001 – New Trends In Meter Setting

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December 2001 – Microchips Inside A Meterbox?

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2000

February 2000 – The Ford Plastic Pit Setter For 1-1/2" and 2" Meters

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April 2000 – Uni-Flange® Products From Ford

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June 2000 – A Delicate Balance

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May 2000 – Iron Products By Ford Meter Box

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August 2000 – The Ford Calendar

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July 2000 – Is Your Ford Catalog Up To Date?

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October 2000 – A Working Piece of History

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September 2000 – Ford/Uni-Flange® Introduces Series 1300-CAS Mechanical Joint Repair Kit For DI and C900 PVC Pipe

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December 2000 – Seismic Scientist

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November 2000 – The Ford Pitsetter Solves Big Problems

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January 2000 – Time To Reflect

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March 2000 – Ford Improves Web Site and Adds E-Mail

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1999

January 1999 – Time To Reflect

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July 1999 – Ford Check Valves For Water Works

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September 1999 – Exhibiting Ford Meter Box

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August 1999 – Fabricated Steel Products

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November 1999 – Ford Can Handle The Pressure

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October 1999 – Traditions

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February 1999 – Water Engineering By The Early People

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December 1999 – Ford Meter Box Customer Service

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April 1999 – Uni-Flange® Restrained Casing Spacers

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March 1999 – Brass Products

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June 1999 – Compression Couplings

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May 1999 – The Ford Yoke

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1998

January 1998 – Time To Reflect

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October 1998 – The Ford Drilling Machine

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December 1998 – Ford Meter Box Helps With The "Big One"

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November 1998 – Y2K Time Machines

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March 1998 – Trying To Keep Up With Technology Is Tough!

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February 1998 – Sleepless In Wabash

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May 1998 – The Next Generation In Joint Restraint For PVC Pipelines the Series 1500

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April 1998 – Ford Meter Setters For Any Type Of Service Anywhere!

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June 1998 – Did You Know? Trivia About Ford Meter Box

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August 1998 – The Government Camp Water Company

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July 1998 – Growth Through The Years

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September 1998 – Introducing The Ford Meter Box Digital Catalog

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1997

October 1997 – Uni-Flange® Adapters Fill A "Tall Order"

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November 1997 – The National Rural Water Association Names The Ford Meter Box Company "Associate Member Of The Year"

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February 1997 – How To Select Water Meter Testing Equipment

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December 1997 – December 20, 1898 Ford Meter Box Is "Born"

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March 1997 – Uni-Flange® Pipe Thrust Restraint Design Application For Windows Is Now Available!

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May 1997 – Ford Meter Box Achieves ISO 9001 Registration

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April 1997 – Ford Meter Box's First Advertisement

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July 1997 – Another Great Idea From Ford Meter Box!! Restrained Casing Spacers

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June 1997 – Ford Introduces The Uni-Flange® 1450

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September 1997 – A Meter Setter Birthday

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August 1997 – From The Beginning Ford Innovation Excels!

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1996

January 1996 – What's So "Foreign" About Foreign Trade?

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March 1996 – Water Crews To The Rescue!

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February 1996 – Introducing the Block Buster 1400 Wedge Action Restrainer for Ductile Iron Pipe

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May 1996 – Meter Setting Made Easy with the Ford Expansion Connection

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April 1996 – Silver Anniversary for the Ballcorp TM

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September 1996 – Ford Develops the User Friendly Happy Meter

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November 1996 – Uni-Flange® 1400

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December 1996 – Don't Let History Be Your Guide

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August 1996 – Fishing For Ford Product Information? Try The "Net!"

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July 1996 – The Ford Meter Box Catalog

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