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    Posted 6 years ago

    wblastoff
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    Strangest Key I have ever seen
    I think it has a lot of age, found on the floor of basement in a house that was being demolished

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    1. UncleRon UncleRon, 6 years ago
      Intriguing. Some thoughts, for what it's worth: The thing this key unlocked would have required some security, like a utility-control box, but the actual locking mechanism was not too rugged. It was probably a permanent part of a door or cover rather than an independent, general-use device, like a padlock. For example, it may have unlocked an electrical panel's cover. Alternately, it could have been a night watchman's clock key, or, less possibly in my opinion, a strongbox lid's key.

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