Posted 12 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.
Is the top/bottom, convex/concave?
If the ends are flat it was probably just a potable water storage vessel.
If ends are rounded then it held pressure.
the bottom end is rounded
Strange that it would have a concave bottom & flat top.
What size is it?
25 inches long 8 inch tube its riveted im sending more pics
Being that small it could be an expansion tank from a hot water/steam heating system.
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?
rust, air, nothing!
thankyou
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.
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
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.