During an audit of an apartment building in N. Wisconsin that started life as a high school built in 1908, I found this very strange cast iron - steel device up in the floored attic. Anybody have any idea what it is?? The whole thing is about 2 feet tall and weighs 75 pounds or more. The bottom two-thirds (straight sides) is a tube made out of thick cast iron, and it looks a lot like cast iron se…
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