Copper plated steal, who did it?

[hmmm]

Hi all
I found a steal bar that has a layer of copper coating it. It is in rocks in a salt water lagoon, i figure it is for a tie up for ships but i do not know what culture used it. Any ideas.

 

[hmmm]

COME ON GUYS

there has to be someone who has some incite on this.
It is in the rocks to the right of the plate i am holding, the plate is from the early 1900's.
But there must be overlapping history.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Try posting it in the what's it forum, the guys there maybe able to help you figure out the time period.

 

[JOHUNT]

What's the approximate diameter of the bar? Is it anchored to the rocks or just wedged in there?
I know modern lightning rods are copper clad, but they're usually only 1/2"( at least for residential applications)

 

[hmmm]

What's the approximate diameter of the bar? Is it anchored to the rocks or just wedged in there?
I know modern lightning rods are copper clad, but they're usually only 1/2"( at least for residential applications)

THE DIAMETER IS ABOUT 3 INCHES AND IS WEDGED INTO THE ROCK.

 

[hmmm]

Try posting it in the what's it forum, the guys there maybe able to help you figure out the time period.

THANKS MS BEEP , I WANTED TO POST IT THERE BUT COULD NOT FIND IT.

i just found it, ill re post it there .

 

[cw0909]

just my opinion
from reading these articles, i think you may have found a piece of scrap,
from the initial process to making copper clad steel wire, how the piece
of scrap got there who knows, what it was used for who knows, i think
the process is pretty much the same today, so a time frame from 1915
to the present for that piece of copper clad steel


Michigan Manufacturer & Financial Record, Volume 18
By Frank E. Carter, 1916
Michigan Manufacturer & Financial Record - Frank E. Carter - Google Books


clipped article
http://tinyurl.com/pnqz3e5


more on co.
History of Pittsburgh and Environs, from Prehistoric Days to the Beginning ... - George Thornton Fleming, American Historical Society - Google Books


Title: Records of Copperweld Steel Company
Guides to Archives and Manuscript Collections at the Library & Archives at the Heinz History Center