Mystery Gadget 68

What is this hook used for?

The answer is here.

And after the jump.

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Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 17, 2018
Category: Technology | 1930s

Comments

I would have guessed that it was part of a street light.

Posted by KDP on 11/18/18 at 01:54 PM

There used to be a similar device for use with mail trains.

Posted by Joshua Zev Levin, Ph.D. on 11/24/18 at 10:04 AM

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