24 HP Riding Detector

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

Yup. My mower found this.

Iron shaft severely corroded and brass? end part in good shape.

'Discovered' in an area not previously mowed - canary grass swamp edge - of circa 18XX farmstead.

Besides where the mower shaved it, the brass part seems hardly worn. My guess so far is some sort of belt guide?

 

[tamrock]

Maybe a piston and rod assembly for an old hand pump

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

Thanks for the Idea. I see the shape resemblance, but not sure about it. This thing (brass part) is pretty smooth everywhere.

 

[Sentrom]

I believe it is a part to a governor that fit on top a steam engine. The brass pulley (see arrow) part sat on a shaft that went through a cast sleeve and attached to a gear.

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

Wow. I gotta go find the rest of this contraption