This wooden item consists of two connected parts: its long dagger-shaped body and the revolving handle built into its side.
Some of you might be familiar with this one already. Almost any adult who lived on the Lower East Side a century ago would recognize it. A tremendous amount of businesses had one or several of these inside. So what is it?
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-Posted by Joe Klarl
It's a barrel spigot.
ReplyDeleteI would say a beer tap.
ReplyDeleteI agree it's a spigot for a beer or wine barrel...
ReplyDeleteGimme a beer.
ReplyDeleteYes, a spigot for hammering into a barrel's bunghole.
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