[TheForge] OT (?) What's this?

[rsmuck]

This could be a street light, back when they had lanterns, the nuts on the 
top could hold a roof kind of like a umbrella. Rowland of Roseburg, OR 97470
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> Something hung from this and rotated.  I betcha the old pack  rat (or a 
> predecessor) forged chain -- heavy chain -- at one time.  I am betting 
> that this was used to hang the finished length of chain in loops whilst 
> the smith swings the link being worked on between forge and anvil.  Bottom 
> mounted on a stake plate for lighter work and overhead --likely on a 
> sliding track --  for the heavy stuff.  Look for other evidence of 
> chain-making in the shop. An Oliver, for example, would be a dead 
> giveaway, but also some kind of plate, eye,  ring  or track on the ceiling 
> or beam over the area between forge and anvil,  heavy swaging tools, 
> pehaps permanently mounted to a heavy hammer  and corresponding bick that 
> would match the short, curved section of the chain link, where the weld 
> was.
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> PGH
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