Dumpster Treasures
Here are a couple pictures of what I call Dumpster Treasures. These items, believe it or not, were obtained from the dumpster of a local brass company going out of business. A good friend, who worked there, showed me some of the "stuff" they were throwing in the dumpster. I looked with astonishment and said, "Where's this dumpster?" It wasn't long, I was head first in the dumpster handing lots of brass to my friend who told me about these Dumpster Treasures.
Shown are #0 & #8 Drip Oilers, #2 Automatic Grease Cup, Fluid Level Indicator, Small Steam Whistle, Tri-Cocks and other oilers. All are Lunkenheimer Mfg. Co.
Circa 1920's Exhaust Whistle
When my friend Carl was purchasing a home in Washington County, we went to the barn and in a large cardboard barrel was this "Steam Whistle". I looked and said, "Hey - Look at this steam whistle!" Carl said, "It's an exhaust whistle", "You can have it if you want". Are you kidding me? Finds like this just don't come every day.
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