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Offline gary s

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Kerosene jar 1916
« on: June 06, 2022, 01:20:23 PM »
Kerosene jar I found a while back in a old building to bad the lid wasn't on it lots rust.

Offline mikeswrenches

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Re: Kerosene jar 1916
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2022, 09:12:49 PM »
Patented April 8, 1919, amazing it isn't broken.

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Offline john k

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Re: Kerosene jar 1916
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2022, 11:06:13 PM »
That is the fuel tank for a cookstove,  some even burned gasoline, yes, in the home.  Sat on a valve, upside down,  actually they worked very well, my mother heated water for doing laundry. 
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Re: Kerosene jar 1916
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2022, 11:09:59 AM »
I even have a gasoline cutting torch if I can find it lll.

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Re: Kerosene jar 1916
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2022, 12:04:46 PM »
The jar says patent 1916 on the jug.