Found Can Not ID! Help!!!!!

Dynochamp4

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Hi everyone,

found this in the park I work at. Can you hello identify it? It has a rubber grommet in one of the outer rings.

Thanks!
 

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Might be a planter plate? Metering plate of some kind.
 
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Old rotary phone dial, before the metric standard of 10 numbers was adopted.....:roll:
 
Hi everyone,

Thanks for the ideas! I will post more pictures later either today or tomorrow so you can get a more clear look at the object. Also, I forget to put something in the picture for scale. Do you all have any other recomendations on how I can get this object identified? I want to be sure what it is because if it is something cool I want to put it on display at the park where it was found.

Thank you everyone!
 
That thing is big! What, about a foot and a half across? 12 holes...that grommet...hmm. Clean it up and inspect for any markings on it. Is it cast iron? Brass or bronze? Aluminum?
 
I think it's some kind of pipe separator, hence the rubber grommet. Somewhere where there was a large number of pipes running through a factory, a plant or apartment building. The rubber grommets would be there to prevent the pipes from rattling against the support. Couldn't have been for pipes that got too hot but, radiator supply lines, vat warming for some kind of process ie heat ex changer. could even be for large electrical cable separation, although with the metal frame, not likely.
 
Hi again everyone,

I finally got around to taking more pictures of the object. Maybe this will help! I have not had time to clean it up yet.

Thanks!
 

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I think I'll stick with my original thought on this. Is it cast iron? The new pictures show a lot of serious corrosion. Any chemical plants, mining operations in the area?
Looks like it had a tough life.
 
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