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What is this thing?

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Found in the floor of my basement, about 10 inches down. House was built in 1954. (lemmy.ca)
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No idea what this is or what the letters might be.

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[–] redacted_name@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What are/were the names of the local water, electricity, gas companies?

Either that or a prototype slime monster trap...

[–] Xyphius@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it's changed over the years. I'll check what it was back in the 50's

[–] athos77@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can you try that thing where you put a sheet of paper over the letters and gently rub a pencil sideways over it, see if you get any more details on the letters?