I recently acquired this small 12 inch tall, but heavy and solid container. It took a lot of cleaning to reveal the cap and its body assembly and its 3/8 tapped functional spigot are that of heavy brass. The brass i.d. plate says Hercules safety container, Boesch lamp co. San francisco ca. Patent allowed. All the research I pu
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saipuol at 2010-04-16
lled up was that Boesch made railroad lanterns in the 1890's. this did have gunked up gasoline contents and Im wondering if these were used as gas containers also later on. Thanks
