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    Posted 11 years ago

    angelonearth
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    This is a round galvanized cylinder that has a pipe in the top and a plug in the bottom.The house it came out of is a mill house over 100 years old built around 1880's.Any idea's will be welcome as we have no idea what it is.

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    1. walksoftly walksoftly, 11 years ago
      Is the top/bottom, convex/concave?
    2. walksoftly walksoftly, 11 years ago
      If the ends are flat it was probably just a potable water storage vessel.
      If ends are rounded then it held pressure.
    3. angelonearth, 11 years ago
      the bottom end is rounded
    4. walksoftly walksoftly, 11 years ago
      Strange that it would have a concave bottom & flat top.
    5. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 11 years ago
      What size is it?
    6. angelonearth, 11 years ago
      25 inches long 8 inch tube its riveted im sending more pics
    7. walksoftly walksoftly, 11 years ago
      Being that small it could be an expansion tank from a hot water/steam heating system.
    8. angelonearth, 11 years ago
      thats all i could find on it was a water expantion tank only seen a pic of one that was similar...any idea what is inside it?
    9. walksoftly walksoftly, 11 years ago
      rust, air, nothing!
    10. angelonearth, 11 years ago
      thankyou
    11. walksoftly walksoftly, 11 years ago
      You're most welcome, hope it was helpful, hope I didn't come across as rude with the last comment.
      Hopefully you will find some more items in that old mill house to share with us.
    12. angelonearth, 11 years ago
      ok no problem but i did notice on the expantions they had coiling inside them there are no fittings on the side of the tank like the ones i seen on the net other than the one on the top and the drain plug on the bottom....im glad i found this site youve been very helpful ill post anything old i find
    13. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 11 years ago
      My guess is some kind of pressure accumulator. Hard to tell for certain if the rivet heads are dimpled or possibly pop-rivets. Doubt the latter but if so, that would help date it but those aren't used on pressure tanks.

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