✅ SOLVED What is it? From 1940's farmhouse...

[Jan1972]

Found these today about a foot apart from each other near the barn from my
grandparent's 1940's farmhouse.

Thanks in advance!!

 

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[Lenrac2]

I have similar brackets in my old house to hang brooms. There may be other uses. Nice finds!

 

[Plug N Play]

Fast as Lightning

Parts of lightning and electricity travel near the speed of light.
Other parts travel way slower. Like 220,000 miles an hour.
It can be very powerful.

The idea is to save the barn and attract the force to the lightning rod.
Once it is tricked into touching the lightning rod ... it finds itself trapped and redirected down a wire.
It wants to get out and create havoc.

These little guys with their little insulator partner step up and say "no way", and direct all that energy harmlessly into the ground.
Go, little guys.

 

[Tnmountains]

Fast as Lightning

Parts of lightning and electricity travel near the speed of light.
Other parts travel way slower. Like 220,000 miles an hour.
It can be very powerful.

The idea is to save the barn and attract the force to the lightning rod.
Once it is tricked into touching the lightning rod ... it finds itself trapped and redirected down a wire.
It wants to get out and create havoc.

These little guys with their little insulator partner step up and say "no way", and direct all that energy harmlessly into the ground.
Go, little guys.

Good I.d.

 

[ToddsPoint]

I live in the country and can't think of a single farm that has lightning rods on their barns. Lightning hasn't changed, I wonder why people stopped using them? Gary

 

[Tony in SC]

Good question! We have tall trees near the house that get hit a lot. Tried to use the wood for a trailer bed, didn't last 6mos!

I live in the country and can't think of a single farm that has lightning rods on their barns. Lightning hasn't changed, I wonder why people stopped using them? Gary

 

[Rmeav8r]

Insurance is one reason. Traveling salesmen sold these as an inexpensive way to protect your home and out buildings from lighting and subsequent fire. The thought of loosing a home or barn and everything in it including livestock kept a lot of folks awake at night.

I live in the country and can't think of a single farm that has lightning rods on their barns. Lightning hasn't changed, I wonder why people stopped using them? Gary