Brass lock found at an old railway station.

[Casey13]

Good evening everyone!!
I went out after work today and went detecting where an old early 1900s railway station used to be. I had a high signal and about 8 inches down I pulled this lock. Does anyone know around about the age of it? All it looks to have on it is a number 1 and the letter F. Also found a couple of other unknown objects and a lantern knob maybe. Thanks for looking!

 

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[KSDirtfisher77]

That's a really cool lock! Is the hasp brass as well as the body of the lock. Very interesting piece.

 

[Sandog]

Good evening everyone!!
I went out after work today and went detecting where an old early 1900s railway station used to be. I had a high signal and about 8 inches down I pulled this lock. Does anyone know around about the age of it? All it looks to have on it is a number 1 and the letter F. Also found a couple of other unknown objects and a lantern knob maybe. Thanks for looking!

Nice stuff. That lock sure looks old.

 

[Casey13]

That's a really cool lock! Is the hasp brass as well as the body of the lock. Very interesting piece.

Thank you! Yes, everything appears to be brass.

 

[Casey13]

Nice stuff. That lock sure looks old.

Thank you! Yeah, it looks to have some age to it.

 

[Florida Finder]

Good evening everyone!!
I went out after work today and went detecting where an old early 1900s railway station used to be. I had a high signal and about 8 inches down I pulled this lock. Does anyone know around about the age of it? All it looks to have on it is a number 1 and the letter F. Also found a couple of other unknown objects and a lantern knob maybe. Thanks for looking!

Beautiful lock. Congratulations

 

[Casey13]

Beautiful lock. Congratulations

Thank you Florida Finder!!

 

[JewelryHunter]

Very nice lock!

 

[Casey13]

Very nice lock!

Thank you!!

 

[Digger RJ]

Good evening everyone!!
I went out after work today and went detecting where an old early 1900s railway station used to be. I had a high signal and about 8 inches down I pulled this lock. Does anyone know around about the age of it? All it looks to have on it is a number 1 and the letter F. Also found a couple of other unknown objects and a lantern knob maybe. Thanks for looking!

Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Casey13]

Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!

Thank you!!

 

[smallfoot]

you might find some info here...

Padlock Index

antique-padlocks.com

 

[Bamasteve]

Awesome find way to go!

 

[cellar dweller]

Good evening everyone!!
I went out after work today and went detecting where an old early 1900s railway station used to be. I had a high signal and about 8 inches down I pulled this lock. Does anyone know around about the age of it? All it looks to have on it is a number 1 and the letter F. Also found a couple of other unknown objects and a lantern knob maybe. Thanks for looking!

Beauty

 

[Casey13]

you might find some info here...

Padlock Index

antique-padlocks.com

Thank you so much smallfoot! I will look into it!

 

[Casey13]

Awesome find way to go!

Thank you!

 

[Casey13]

Beauty

Thank you!

 

[brianc053]

Nice Lock!
It looks similar to a Slaymaker-Barry example on this page:

Warded Padlocks Design - Part 1 - Antique Padlocks

antique-padlocks.com

Reading about Slaymaker, it looks like a late 1800's company.

Slaymaker lock company - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

(Side note: I found a lock from Safe Padlock Co., listed on that same page. I was told by an expert on Facebook that they were made between the 1870s and early 1900s. Casey, if yours is a Slaymaker and that company started in 1888, your lock is probably 1890s vintage).

- Brian

My lock:

 

[Casey13]

Nice Lock!
It looks similar to a Slaymaker-Barry example on this page:

Warded Padlocks Design - Part 1 - Antique Padlocks

antique-padlocks.com

Reading about Slaymaker, it looks like a late 1800's company.

Slaymaker lock company - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

(Side note: I found a lock from Safe Padlock Co., listed on that same page. I was told by an expert on Facebook that they were made between the 1870s and early 1900s. Casey, if yours is a Slaymaker and that company started in 1888, your lock is probably 1890s vintage).

- Brian

My lock:
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Nice Lock!
It looks similar to a Slaymaker-Barry example on this page:

Warded Padlocks Design - Part 1 - Antique Padlocks

antique-padlocks.com

Reading about Slaymaker, it looks like a late 1800's company.

Slaymaker lock company - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

(Side note: I found a lock from Safe Padlock Co., listed on that same page. I was told by an expert on Facebook that they were made between the 1870s and early 1900s. Casey, if yours is a Slaymaker and that company started in 1888, your lock is probably 1890s vintage).

- Brian

My lock:
View attachment 2046655

Wow!! Thank you Brian!
That looks to be the same design lock in the link you provided. It makes sense because that railway station was built in the 1890s.
Thank you so much for putting in the time to provide this information.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice looking old lock.