Does anyone know what this flue like cap is? A friend found it in a barn. It has creosote on the inside and stove pipe like crimping on the end.
What is this?
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Todd
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Part of a smoker is my guess. Depending on the type of farm/barn meat preservation may have been a large scale operation requiring a big smoker.
Matt
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albertj03
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I've seen something kind of similar that was used with a wood fueled maple syrup boiler. Can't say that's what it's from but any kind of smoker or boiler is a good bet.
DanCorcoran
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I know broad leaf tobacco is grown in CT. My grandparents had a tobacco drying barn in south Georgia with a heater that looked a little like that, but then again, I'm remembering from the 1950s, so who knows?
Yup, I think dan nailed it. It looks like part of a dryer for flue cured tobacco but I have no idea what it would be doing that far up north.
Joe
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DanCorcoran
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"...I have no idea what it would be doing that far up north."
As I said, CT grows some of the most expensive broadleaf tobacco, used exclusively for wrappers for cigars.
As I said, CT grows some of the most expensive broadleaf tobacco, used exclusively for wrappers for cigars.
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