1033 is a Flail. Used to separate grain from the chaff. 1035 looks like old towers used to dry firehoses. 1036a looks like an instrument used on old sailing ships to assist with celestial navigation.
7/12/2007 8:06 AM
Anonymous said...
1031. clay pigeon? 1032. Cartridge activated line (cable) cutter? 1033. Flail for threshing grain. It's used to break the outer hull. the grain is then winnowed, sometimes by throwint it up into the air in a breeze to separate it from the hulls. 1035. Shot tower. Too many stories for hose drying. (a quick google search will identify exactly where it is) 1036. Clinometer for surveying?
7/12/2007 8:20 AM
Anonymous said...
1031 - Part of a clay pigeon mold?
7/12/2007 9:12 AM
Anonymous said...
1034: This looks like a boatwrights caulking hammer used with a caulking iron to drive the oakum caulk between the wooden planks on a boat.
1035: I thik that 1916 is too late for a shot tower. It might be a water tower for regulating city water pressure.
1031: No clue, but a lot of folks are guessing something to do with skeet, which sounds plausible.
1032: Fans of Terry Pratchett will immediately recognize this as a 5/16 gripley. Yeah, I got nothing.
1033: Threshing flail
1034: Some type of specialized mallet? Perhaps for the Pygmy Polo League?
1035: Shot tower. There's on not far from here in VA near Galax. Smaller, but same principle. Shot production by this method went on well into the 1900s.
1036a: Looks like an old surveyor's line-sighting level. 1036b: Clinometer/grading scale.
7/12/2007 10:08 AM
Anonymous said...
1031 - Clay pigeon for shotgun target practice 1032 - not sure, might be emergency cable cutter for sailboat rigging 1033 - Grain flail 1034 - Caulking hammer for wooden ships 1035 - Shot tower 1036 - Incline & bearings for calculating heights & distances by triangulation
7/12/2007 12:11 PM
Anonymous said...
Ah, yes, the Peterson Cartridge Company in Cincinnati, one of my favorite deserted (at the time) places to hang around when I was young. So much fun to see it on one of my favorite sites!
1032 - Is a quick release mechanism. The guys at Mythbusters use them all the time.
7/13/2007 4:08 AM
1031. 3-1/2" diameter: [Image]
1032. 7" long, thanks to Simon for submitting this device: [Image] Larger image
1033. The longer part measures 66" and the smaller piece is 28" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses on this tool. [Image]
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1034. 15" long: [Image]
A newer model: [Image]
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1035. Over ten stories tall, this tower was built for a specific purpose: [Image]
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It was constructed around 1917: [Image]
1036a. 24" long, patented in 1904, next to the compass on the left is an aperture with a mirror several inches below it, a second aperture is on the lower part of the right end: [Image]
"Set 178"
13 Comments -
1031 - skeet target?
1033 - pool cue?
1035 - for making lead shot?
7/12/2007 4:52 AM
1031. Clay Pigeon
1033. Flail, used to separate grain and corn from the chaff.
7/12/2007 6:47 AM
1035 - built to house a carillon?
7/12/2007 7:22 AM
1035 is a shot tower.
7/12/2007 7:41 AM
1033 is a Flail. Used to separate grain from the chaff.
1035 looks like old towers used to dry firehoses.
1036a looks like an instrument used on old sailing ships to assist with celestial navigation.
7/12/2007 8:06 AM
1031. clay pigeon?
1032. Cartridge activated line (cable) cutter?
1033. Flail for threshing grain. It's used to break the outer hull. the grain is then winnowed, sometimes by throwint it up into the air in a breeze to separate it from the hulls.
1035. Shot tower. Too many stories for hose drying. (a quick google search will identify exactly where it is)
1036. Clinometer for surveying?
7/12/2007 8:20 AM
1031 - Part of a clay pigeon mold?
7/12/2007 9:12 AM
1034: This looks like a boatwrights caulking hammer used with a caulking iron to drive the oakum caulk between the wooden planks on a boat.
1035: I thik that 1916 is too late for a shot tower. It might be a water tower for regulating city water pressure.
7/12/2007 9:35 AM
1031: No clue, but a lot of folks are guessing something to do with skeet, which sounds plausible.
1032: Fans of Terry Pratchett will immediately recognize this as a 5/16 gripley. Yeah, I got nothing.
1033: Threshing flail
1034: Some type of specialized mallet? Perhaps for the Pygmy Polo League?
1035: Shot tower. There's on not far from here in VA near Galax. Smaller, but same principle. Shot production by this method went on well into the 1900s.
1036a: Looks like an old surveyor's line-sighting level.
1036b: Clinometer/grading scale.
7/12/2007 10:08 AM
1031 - Clay pigeon for shotgun target practice
1032 - not sure, might be emergency cable cutter for sailboat rigging
1033 - Grain flail
1034 - Caulking hammer for wooden ships
1035 - Shot tower
1036 - Incline & bearings for calculating heights & distances by triangulation
7/12/2007 12:11 PM
Ah, yes, the Peterson Cartridge Company in Cincinnati, one of my favorite deserted (at the time) places to hang around when I was young. So much fun to see it on one of my favorite sites!
Keep up the great work.
7/12/2007 1:05 PM
Correct answers so far:
1031. Clay pigeon
1033. Flail
1034. Caulking mallet
1035. Shot tower
1036. Inclinometers
7/12/2007 5:59 PM
1032 - Is a quick release mechanism.
The guys at Mythbusters use them all the time.
7/13/2007 4:08 AM