1777. Approximately 28" long:

1778. Sent in by a visitor who found this unidentified piece of hardware at an estate sale, his description of it:
-larger diameter is brass or bronze and the other piece is steel
-3.75" h x 2.5" w
-marked AIIRFI or possibly AHRFI
-about 5 lbs
-owner was retired from the railroad


1779. 5" long, the largest hole is 1/4" diameter:



1780. 9" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses on this one:

This was made to hold something in particular:

1781. About 60" long:

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1782. 4-3/4" long:

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