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[bravowhiskey]

Can anyone help with an id (manufacturer) of this old coal shovel. With info on this I may be able to discern a date.

19.5" in length

4" scoop width

material...cast iron

what appears to be a date on handle (but it seems way too old)...1625



Thanx in advance.

BW

 

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[Bigcypresshunter]

found this

Antique Cast Iron Railroad Style Coal Shovel

 

[bravowhiskey]

found this

Antique Cast Iron Railroad Style Coal Shovel

Thankyou, BCH....Sure sounds like you found the very same thing. I'll steer my research twds RR memorabilia.

 

[vhs07]

Heres one similar, although the handle is a little different.
They call it a caboose ash shovel. for sale at jerrysRRStuff.com
Rock Island Lines Cast Iron Old Small Caboose ash shovel. RI LINES molded into the recess in the handle

One Only $65​

 

[cw0909]

here is one marked Burlington Route 1627. maybe thats what your #1625 is about and the c is a co. logo
vintage old antique railroad coal shovel made of cast iron used to shovel coal into the old locomotive engines and is marked Burlington Route 1627

 

[surf]

Edwardian Brass Coal Scuttle

Hey bravo whiskey,

These short shovels were also used with small coal stoves in all kinds of locations.

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Often seen in the company of scuttles.

 

[bravowhiskey]

Hey Surf,

Your pics sure reminded me of my youth in Iowa, where I was intimately familiar with the cleaning of the wood burner. LOL I can smell that wood smoke right now and what a flood of memories.

Thanks

 

[surf]

Hey bw,

Yeah, takes me back, too. Some of the best meals of my young life, were cooked on a small 2 grate wood burner, and what a comforting warmth was thrown off...

 

[bravowhiskey]

Yes, Sir...I remember my Grandma saying in the old days she would use X amount of corn cobs to get to that "certain" temperature.