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1507 It looks too awkward to be a conductor's fare collection box, and the most probable way to open it is to just lift the lid on the right. I'll guess that this is a vote collection box. People voting put a token (yea/nay) in the slot, and the vote collection official pushes the button. At the end of the vote, open and count. There was a very nice vote collection box here a couple of years ago.1508 Wine bottle cork remover. Ram the needle through the cork, and pump to build up pressure to extract the cork.

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Jan 08, 2009 21 Replies

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Rob H. 17 years ago

1512: Depth stop for an auger bit. The angled U bolt fits into the flute of the bit.

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Grumpy 17 years ago

1509 is used to move rail cars by hand. It sounds like a job for Superman, but I've seen the grainbuyers move full box cars of wheat by using one of these things. They are slow to get started but, once they get moving, can move along quite well. Stopping was done with a manual brake on the car. This was so that an empty car could be placed under the filling spout forloading

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