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    Posted 6 years ago

    nannah
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    Can anyone please tell me what this is or what it was used for. It belongs to my cousin she asked me to help her so now I'm asking you

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    1. PhilDMorris PhilDMorris, 6 years ago
      It is called a copper boiler. On farms they were used to scald dead chickens or poultry with boiling water so as to make the feathers easier to pull out !~
    2. nannah nannah, 6 years ago
      Really ? I plucked chickens with my grandparents but it was a big open pot .
      The small stack on top has me stumped
    3. PhilDMorris PhilDMorris, 6 years ago
      We also used these copper boilers, yes really and most had a long oval lid but I ould see using that top to let out less steam to hold over the middle.
    4. nannah nannah, 6 years ago
      Ok thank you !
    5. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 6 years ago
      Lots of young city people here. That is part of a moonshine boiler for sure.
    6. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 6 years ago
      You never took a bath or scalded chickens in this. The top is missing but it is part of a still.
    7. AnythingObscure AnythingObscure, 6 years ago
      ^^That's kinda what I was thinking fhrjr2...copper boilers similar to that were used for *lots* of things, but that 'chimney' just screams "special purpose usage"...
      ;-) ;-) ;-)
    8. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 6 years ago
      I had to think a minute. This one is missing the condensing funnel that mounts on the top
    9. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 6 years ago
      https://www.ebay.com/itm/vintage-copper-moonshine-still-very-early-condensing-funnel-cap/261831712968?hash=item3cf662e0c8

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