Large Old Pulley

[cambria09]

Hello All. My friend Btoots found this at an old farm house site. It is all steel, about 14.5-IN across, and looks like it had a shaft out the other side. Any ideas on the age/origin of this piece?

Thanks for the view and Good Luck out there. C9

 

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[NOLA_Ken]

pulley from a hay loft door maybe

 

[stefen]

You beat me to it...good call

 

[A2coins]

Hay beat me too

 

[tamrock]

That's something that has value over most all other old run of the mill cast iron junk. I'm thinking late 19th early 20th century?

 

[Tony in SC]

Hay loft pulley was my first thought, but I see that the shaft doesn't go all the way through. My next thought was a reversing pulley for a sawmill carriage. The reversing pulley mounts under the carriage horizontally and can't have a shaft sticking up. Or maybe on the side of a thresher? Tony

 

[tamrock]

Hay loft pulley was my first thought, but I see that the shaft doesn't go all the way through. My next thought was a reversing pulley for a sawmill carriage. The reversing pulley mounts under the carriage horizontally and can't have a shaft sticking up. Or maybe on the side of a thresher? Tony

Indeed! didn't see that on my phone as it does have a hub on one side. Can you post a picture of it flipped to the opposite side ?

 

[Icewing]

Just to be different and throw out another possibility, I am going to go with antique water well pulley, but in reality it could have been on nearly anything back in the day.