Posted 10 years ago
BigBlueFan
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Any ideas on the manufacturer or name of this. Appears to be a cast iron hanging oil lamp. Looks like the top with the wick unscrews. No markings visible
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Smudge-pot.
Lol, I remember the hwy dept. in Texas using these smudge- pots as warning lights along side of the road, when they were working on the highways, back in the late 1960s.
They've been used for well over a century.
I believe they're still made, mostly now to protect orchards.
They've been used, as Signaholic said, as warning lights. They've also been used in wars to hide things in smoke.
I believe that these smudge pots were used in the orange / citrus groves in Sicily and the warm was wafted around by small wind mills to warm the crops or take the chill off.
Commonly called a Toledo Torch. Often used by traffic control divisions and on railroads. Reportedly ten million plus made since 1929.