Help ID Iron object with Numbers

[mrbensteele]

Can anyone help me ID this. I found it about 6 inches beneath the soil in a local park. There was a railway until at least 1973, no aerial maps for the railway or its bridge after that.
There is a circled letter or number then the digits 81147, Its a unique shape and made of iron with a concave back. 5in by 1.25 by 1.25.

 

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[taz42o]

Looks like part of a cable clamp, but just a guess.

 

[BosnMate]

parts numbers of a thingofajig. Sorry, couldn't help myself, don't have any idea.

 

[mrbensteele]

The cable or pipe clamp odea is what im thinking, but no matter what i search i cant find anything like it. A friend thinks is something called a Tie Down Spur, searches didnt show anything similar. im boggled

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

I think it is half of a cable connector to splice two ends together.

 

[vhs07]

Its a piece from a pole line strain clamp. The notches in yours are where u-bolts were attached.

 

[mrbensteele]

vhs07,Right on the nose, I knew it was part of a clamp that uses U-bolts but couldnt find a specific example, this shows an almost identical object inside of the clamp housing. Thank you so much, and thanks everyone else who helped too, no I can report back about its real purpose.

A second question, what are they generally used for? there was a railway less than 20 feet from where i dug it up.

 

[vhs07]

A second question, what are they generally used for? there was a railway less than 20 feet from where i dug it up.

That's a good question. I just know they're used on power lines. I'm in the scrap business and we get a lot of this stuff from the area electrical co-ops.