We've lived in our house for a little over two years now. In that time we've had three different people stop in who had lived in our home at some point, our house was built in 1910. One gentleman stopped by yesterday and dropped off some information and photos he'd found about the house as well as a hand written diagram of the farm when he was young. He said the farm was almost completely self sufficient and one of the small buildings on his diagram was labeled steam power plant and was next to a building with a mill and grinder in it.
I was looking at the diagram again today and it occurred to me that a mysterious hunk of steel sticking out of the ground of my property looks like it could have been part of a mini steam locomotive or something so I walked out and took a look and I think I may be on to something. To my completely uneducated eye, it looks like they may have repurposed the steam chamber and used it as a fence post/gate post. There are metal straps around it which would hold a gate.
Just wondering if anyone more knowledgeable might know anything about it?
I was looking at the diagram again today and it occurred to me that a mysterious hunk of steel sticking out of the ground of my property looks like it could have been part of a mini steam locomotive or something so I walked out and took a look and I think I may be on to something. To my completely uneducated eye, it looks like they may have repurposed the steam chamber and used it as a fence post/gate post. There are metal straps around it which would hold a gate.
Just wondering if anyone more knowledgeable might know anything about it?