1573. Circa 1872:
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1574. 41" long:
1575.
1576. 8" long, another unidentified tool from Scotty Fulton's collection:
1577. 10' diameter:
1578. 8" long:
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1574. Edger, used to run between grass & concrete to eliminate overgrowth on sidewalks & such
ReplyDelete1675, bumper jack, used in garages.
1577. Firemans net?
1578. Siren
1573 brings back memories of a machine to simulate tides
ReplyDelete1574 looks like a concrete line edger thing, i concur
1575 looks like some sort of vehicle lifting jack
1577 japanese jumping net?
1578 looks like an air raid siren. the v shape is interesting.
1574 Agree with lawn edger.
ReplyDelete1577 Used to catch people jumping from burning buildings.
1578 Siren used on vehicle.
1575 used to lift the front end of a vehicle
ReplyDelete1577 firefighters rescue net
1573-Timer?For chimes,bells etc
ReplyDelete1574-Concrete edger,runs along form boards.
1575-End Jack,for cars/trucks,now pretty much obsolete as most modern unibody vehicles cannot be lifted from either end w/o damage.
1576-Opener for covered pails/buckets?
1577-Firemans net
1578-Motor siren for vehicles
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ReplyDelete1574. An edger
1575. Bumper jack
1577. Fireman's net
1578. A siren
Go with the others on most of them.
ReplyDelete1576 looks like a home-made tool for working with drive chains.
1577 Just to point out that you can just barely see the hinge that allows you to fold the net in half like a taco so that you can load it on a firetrucck.
ReplyDeletePolice cars where I grew up had sirens like that mounted on the left front fender.
ReplyDeleteIt was said that bad kids would drop pennies into those slots, which pennies became a copper stripe across the care. It was said. I have no first-hand experience in the matter.