Given the originally red colour, the slender shape and the mounting, it was probably a gas bottle for acetylene. The valve is missing. The text mentions "Duisburg", probably the location of the manufacturer.
EDIT: Acetylene bottles have thead for a protective cap. So my next guess is a fire extinguisher.
That's a gas cylinder. Does it have a window shape on it like this ā? U find bottle still in use around Europe with that on it. The ā used to be a swassticker but welded over and the cylinders still in use today.
21 Comments
finalarbiter@piefed.social · 43 pts · 115d
The cylinder must remain unharmed
pastermil@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 115d
It is imperative.
Zorque@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 115d
Please do not bully the cylinder.
Successful_Try543@feddit.org · 42 pts · 115d
Given the originally red colour, the slender shape and the mounting, it was probably a gas bottle for acetylene. The valve is missing. The text mentions "Duisburg", probably the location of the manufacturer.
EDIT: Acetylene bottles have thead for a protective cap. So my next guess is a fire extinguisher.
clucose@lemmy.ml · 18 pts · 115d
Acetylene and then you jump to fire extinguisher.
I hope Iām not near you when you try to fight a fire.
Knossos@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 115d
We played with the contrast of the picture and we think the first "u" looks like it is actually an "M". š¤
Successful_Try543@feddit.org · 7 pts · 115d
No, it's lower part is missing. Same for the
B. The text says~G?S DUISBURG. I can't decipher the name of the company completely, probablyRHEINGAS.blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 22 pts · 115d
What sound does it make if you hit it with a stick?
VaalaVasaVarde@sopuli.xyz · 14 pts · 115d
I would say that a sledgehammer would be the right tool here.
Knossos@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 115d
We rapped on the side and it felt very solid, we didn't think to whack it with a stick.
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 3 pts · 115d
What happens if you light it on fire?
lurch@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 115d
over_clox@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 115d
I can't read rusty foreign text very well, but if I had to guess, it probably loosely translates to something like..
'DON'T FUCK WITH ME, BOOM BOOM'
Nikokin@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 115d
Boba fett vibes
Opisek@piefed.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 115d
It's imperative that the cylinder remains unharmed.
quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 115d
Green is usually for Argon or other inert gases.
Successful_Try543@feddit.org · 5 pts · 115d
It's red underneath
muntedcrocodile@hilariouschaos.com · 5 pts · 115d
That's a gas cylinder. Does it have a window shape on it like this ā? U find bottle still in use around Europe with that on it. The ā used to be a swassticker but welded over and the cylinders still in use today.
RobotToaster@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 115d
The green colour makes me think it's a halon fire extinguisher.
Sualtam@lemmus.org · 1 pts · 113d
Maybe an overground valve of some old stadtgas system
ryannathans@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 115d
Fire extinguisher the vibes tell me