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Originally Posted by Diver1111
My guess-and that's about what it is-is that it's been there for 80+ years; Looks like it was built perhaps 1860 to 1900.
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Did you notice the plate on the outside of the cement mixer? Facing up, on a curved part -- still very readable. I wiped it clean with my glove (appears to be brass). I reads:
Webster Tri-Polar Oscillator
The Webster Electric Co.
Racine, Wisconsin USA
Turns out it's the magneto. And in the picture below, you can see where the label plate is. From some quick research, it looks like these things came on the market in the 1910-15 timeframe. So this wreck could
easily be 80-100 years old. Another clue could be those enormous wooden cleats on the deck.