It isn't mine, and I can't get much additional information on it. It just makes me curious, and wondered if anybody recognized it.
the hole in the bottom looks like a rust hole - the top looks like there was a hook or eyelet of some kind at one time >>> I'm guessing it was a counterweight
1940s bug bomb? Spray the house and go away for a few hours. The spray nozzle is missing, obviously, but the hole in the bottom is where they were filled.
How heavy is it or what is your guess as to the thickness of the metal? From the left photo it looks like a hole rusted through, the radius of the bottom rim edge and the step size in the wide area in the middle makes this appear to be formed from two stamped sheet metal halves joined in the middle of the object. That about right or not at all?
That's about right. Sheet metal stamping. The markings would make it within the past 60 years or so, but that too is a guess. I like the bug bomb theory. I was thinking tear gas canister, but I can find nothing like it. ICC? Interstate Commerce Commission?
do you think it was a counter weight for a truck scale? i use to see something like this on the old grain scale weigh houses.
About the weight of a full paint can. Top was full of water, bottom shakes like it might be full of sand.
The hemispheric top and concave bottom makes it look a good bit like a low pressure (<250 psi) disposable compressed gas cylinder. Propane, oxygen, CO2, etc. I’m thinking like a CO2 cylinder for an inflatable life boat or something like that. The ICC 40 might be a clue and looks like a certifier stamp to the right of it that looks like some of the cert stamps on my welding tanks and scuba tanks. Have fun AT
ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) is linked to maritime issues. The 40 could be 40 PSI, but is more likely 40 Bar. (580 PSI) Now I think this solution has potential.
Interstate Commerce Commission. Abolished in 1995. here is an old copy of compressed gas cylinder regs from the 60’s. There are a couple references to ICC-40 cylinders on page 1015 or so. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1961-02-02/pdf/FR-1961-02-02.pdf find references to ICC-40 in here to, context is compressed gas cylinder: Code of Federal Regulations I think this is a small compressed gas cylinder. Now, what was it used for?
