r/whatisthisthing can probably help narrow it down if someone here can’t
Someone will definitely know, though the quickest way to find out would have been to post the wrong answer!
My guess goes to clamps that hold the rails down somehow, or prevent joints separating – possibly from old maintenance. I think they may be past their best though!
My wrong guess would be skyhooks, left there for an apprentice to collect who was never able to find them!
Those are clearly dognappers
They look like clamps of some kind
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Looks like band and plate(minus the plate) scaffold fittings.
Source: am scaffolder.
Old scaffold clips
They look like tetanus
Having looked at the picture for a while I think I can safely say they are two rusted bits of metal. Hope this helps
Roman toilet seats?
Not sure what they are, but I certainly wouldn’t want to be whacked in the bollocks with one.
Hope this helps
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Hi, these are called DH Couplers made by SGB (Scaffolding Great Britain). They would have been used to secure scaffolding to said bridge prior to the invention of a improved Girder Clamps.
I shall try to upload a decent image(s).
Edit: Link to the DH in use.
Tower Bridge London 1951
Time Stamp 1:17 – Scaffolder fixers tube to ledger with a DH
“There’s Large, out of Little and Large, and he’s examining the couplings twixed two railway carriages, to see if there’s any chance of making them into a smart belt”
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Probably fixtures from the track
r/whatisthisthing can probably help narrow it down if someone here can’t
Someone will definitely know, though the quickest way to find out would have been to post the wrong answer!
My guess goes to clamps that hold the rails down somehow, or prevent joints separating – possibly from old maintenance. I think they may be past their best though!
My wrong guess would be skyhooks, left there for an apprentice to collect who was never able to find them!
Those are clearly dognappers
They look like clamps of some kind
[deleted]
Looks like band and plate(minus the plate) scaffold fittings.
Source: am scaffolder.
Old scaffold clips
They look like tetanus
Having looked at the picture for a while I think I can safely say they are two rusted bits of metal. Hope this helps
Roman toilet seats?
Not sure what they are, but I certainly wouldn’t want to be whacked in the bollocks with one.
Hope this helps
Book ends
Hi, these are called DH Couplers made by SGB (Scaffolding Great Britain). They would have been used to secure scaffolding to said bridge prior to the invention of a improved Girder Clamps.
I shall try to upload a decent image(s).
Edit: Link to the DH in use.
Tower Bridge London 1951
Time Stamp 1:17 – Scaffolder fixers tube to ledger with a DH
https://youtu.be/hy3PUCU8ZN8?si=GIObeffbnSs1nPTs
I think they’re for holding scaffs
Brackets of some sort
I believe they belonged to Pat Butcher
Looks like scaff brackets
“What are those?”
“There’s Large, out of Little and Large, and he’s examining the couplings twixed two railway carriages, to see if there’s any chance of making them into a smart belt”