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  1. Nice drum - Look on the top or bottom of your drum for some raised lettering and numbers. From about 1912 to 1969, the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) required drum manufacturers code number. Fo...
  2. Hey jackbrust. Look at the bottom of your drum. There should be a series of letters and numbers embossed there. In the US, the Interstate Commerce Commission required an ICC code (e.g. ICC-5B or ICC...
  3. Hey GG, I tried zooming in on your six-sided steel bung cap. It looks like the rim of the cap is embossed with letters, and maybe says even says "Meurer Steel Barrel, USA", but the zoom in gets too p...
  4. Hey RCoffey, Thanks for sharing the great photos of you steel barrel. Your barrel has an Anchor logo that was the trademark of the Meurer Steel Barrel Co., Inc. formerly of New York. Meurer adverti...
  5. Hey GG, Your galvanized steel barrel is not quite 100 yrs old, but very close so hold on to your party hat. Here is what I know. Starting around 1920, the US, the Interstate Commerce Commission requir...
  6. If you look on the bottom of the can, you might find a manufacturers name and a numeric code like 24-5-67. In the example I provided the 24 represents the gauge of steel, the 5 is the number of gallon...
  7. If you look on the bottom of your fuel can, you will likely find a manufacturers name and year of manufacture. Various US manufacturers made them for the military, and they continued to use/manufactur...
  8. Hey Rattletrap, Love it. Nice set of early various steel barrel types. I am glad that somebody else out there appreciates these older barrels. All pre-date 1930 as far as I can tell. Interesting that...
  9. Hey whitecody96, You guessed correctly on the date. In the US, the Interstate Commerce Commission required an ICC code (e.g. ICC-5B or ICC-17X) as well as a trinomial code for Gauge-Volume Capacity-Y...
  10. Hey Jangordan86, Look on the bottom of your drum - there may be drum manufacturer info on the bottom - if not then the following info was likely on the top that you do not have. On the bottom you mig...
  11. Hey OlTimer, You have a “Hackney” cylindrical drum. R. Hackney founded the Pressed Steel Tank Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1902. In 1913, R. Hackney filed for a patented barrel head design so that ...
  12. Hey Westtexas, Your drum/barrel top has a lot of interesting information on it (it looks like you have the top 1/3 third of full size 55 gallon drum). Some of it I am familiar with, some not. In the ...
  13. Hey CC, Neat corrugated drum. In the US prior to 1990s, potentially hazardous substances shipped in drums had to marked with raised lettering that identified specific drum attributes, including the y...
  14. Interesting SB, Your June 1902 is a patent date for the process of creating a barrel shape (or bilge) out of an otherwise straight sided drum. I have seen this patent stamp on other drums that look j...
  15. In the US, the Interstate Commerce Commission required an ICC code (e.g. ICC-5B or ICC-17X) as well as a Gauge-Volume Capacity-Year (e.g. 18-55-42) trinomial code on all metal drums containing hazardo...
  16. You likely have an early (1920 or early) galvanized steel drum. I base this on the riveted side seam you mention. There may be more drum manufacturer embossing on the bottom of the drum. Let me know i...
  17. Take a look at the bottom of your drum, or a closer look at the top. There should be some raised lettering and numbers in a roughly trinomial layout, like xx-xx-xx. The first number will tell you the ...
  18. Watson, Great pic of the manufacturer marks. The trinomial 20-12.5-52 is an industry standard required by the shipping industry regulators that identifies the steel gauge (20), the volume of the drum...
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