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These 3 are From a England Container, I Think the Little One is a Railroad Marking but i cant Find anything on it, or even What it is!
The Other 2 are Unmarked Except for 1 has a "1" etched on one side...anyone know what the Wrenches are Called?
Thanks
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I'm not sure if they are railroad, but H&S Ltd is a tool company in the UK.
I believe they are some type of old hand crank starter wrenches.
They won't be a hank crank, a starter wrench has to have a means of disengaging once the engine fires or it will spin with the engine.
They are probably an adjusting wrench, for something that needs a lot of turns quickly, but were a wheel wouldn't be practical.
The wrench with the round hole has me baffled though.
thanks for the feedback guys, i am still unsure of the one with the round hole also
they are tap handels that come off so noone can tern the tap on without the handel for safty resions.
@ ralph do you mean a valve?
yes gate valve -tap -forcet.
Thats one of the thing I was thinking about when I mentioned wheel, your explanation sounds so much better ralph.