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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ghopper1924, post: 10517539, member: 5170&quot;]Hey Dan:</p><p>I echo the enthusiastic responses you’ve been getting. Very cool weathervane! Oh, and I also used to live in Brooklyn.</p><p><br /></p><p>I see no reason to believe that your piece isn’t exactly what you think it is. Looks to be wrought iron, the size is way too big for most rural applications - which is where most weathervanes that I’ve seen come from - and the styling looks right for 1880. I don’t see any insulators or places for them that would make me think that it’s also a lightning rod, although as the building’s high point it probably would have been connected to a conductor to discharge a strike into the ground.</p><p><br /></p><p>In short, I could easily see this capping a Victorian-era prison building. So: fun purchase, I hope you’ve got a good place for it![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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