"Found outside a Medical Arts office building in Florida. I have seen pipes like this outside of buildings before but none this big."
A: "It‘s inline to a water main, the different pieces have different uses. The bottom with the large block-off plate is an access for maintenance. Up from that is a gate valve wheel, to shut off the main, up from that is a sampling unit, presumably for testing water purity at the main, the top is another type of block-off plate, it‘s needed because the pieces are all modular and capable of having more pieces/pipes bolted to both ends."
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Rhyna 3 year s ago
The top of 16 is an air and/or vacuum release valve.
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Zeke 3 year s ago
Rhyna,Yes, I agree. Probably a vacuum release valve. And there is also a non-return valve over the gate valve.
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Zeke 3 year s ago
Zeke,There is no testing for water here. The whole thingy is air/vacuum release.
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Will 3 year s ago
#15 - I don't get the explanation. Anybody add to this?
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Derrick 3 year s ago
Will,
We used to make these as kids by taping a cut off balloon to a broad piece of pvc pipe. They can shoot things away really hard. Funny to see a commercially made one. I bet you can easily take someone's eye out with those metal balls.
We used to make these as kids by taping a cut off balloon to a broad piece of pvc pipe. They can shoot things away really hard. Funny to see a commercially made one. I bet you can easily take someone's eye out with those metal balls.
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Prescott 3 year s ago
Will, use it like a slingshot.
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Jimmy 3 year s ago
@will. It works like a sling shot. Put ball in rubber hold ring pull rubber back when you let go of rubber shoots ball
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Odo 3 year s ago
#35 - probably dustfilter for vacuum cleaner
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Cintha 3 year s ago
#34 how f@#king lucky that he left you something (luckily) let alone thought of you, mine left me sh#t even though they knew i was all alone but 
at least i haven’t gone that crazy yet sooo
at least i haven’t gone that crazy yet sooo
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Gus 3 year s ago
#26...Don't know what it is, but you do have a book with it? Oh my, read the book. 
We used to make these as kids by taping a cut off balloon to a broad piece of pvc pipe. They can shoot things away really hard. Funny to see a commercially made one. I bet you can easily take someone's eye out with those metal balls.