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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 39618, member: 44"]<font size="4">I think those round black pots used on highways during construction work were called Toledo torches Some referred to them as smudge pots. To me smudge pots were used in orchards like Georgia peach orchards for frost protection. With the advent of battery power blinking lights on saw horses, these Toledo pots were not used any longer by highway departments. I'm not sure if this is one of those highway Toledo torches. As others have mentioned, the pics are way too small to positively ID this.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=highway+oil+pots&client=safari&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=WNXLVKLeOJDGsQSBtYC4Aw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAg&biw=1024&bih=649#hl=en&tbm=isch&q=toledo+torch" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=highway+oil+pots&client=safari&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=WNXLVKLeOJDGsQSBtYC4Aw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAg&biw=1024&bih=649#hl=en&tbm=isch&q=toledo+torch" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=highway oil pots&client=safari&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=WNXLVKLeOJDGsQSBtYC4Aw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAg&biw=1024&bih=649#hl=en&tbm=isch&q=toledo torch</a></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><a href="http://www.ebay.com/bhp/toledo-torch" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/bhp/toledo-torch" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/bhp/toledo-torch</a></font></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/CraftonReunion/conversations/topics/14323" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/CraftonReunion/conversations/topics/14323" rel="nofollow">https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/CraftonReunion/conversations/topics/14323</a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">--- Susan </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 39618, member: 44"][SIZE=4]I think those round black pots used on highways during construction work were called Toledo torches Some referred to them as smudge pots. To me smudge pots were used in orchards like Georgia peach orchards for frost protection. With the advent of battery power blinking lights on saw horses, these Toledo pots were not used any longer by highway departments. I'm not sure if this is one of those highway Toledo torches. As others have mentioned, the pics are way too small to positively ID this. [URL='https://www.google.com/search?q=highway+oil+pots&client=safari&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=WNXLVKLeOJDGsQSBtYC4Aw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAg&biw=1024&bih=649#hl=en&tbm=isch&q=toledo+torch']https://www.google.com/search?q=highway oil pots&client=safari&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=WNXLVKLeOJDGsQSBtYC4Aw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAg&biw=1024&bih=649#hl=en&tbm=isch&q=toledo torch[/URL] [url]http://www.ebay.com/bhp/toledo-torch[/url][/SIZE] [url]https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/CraftonReunion/conversations/topics/14323[/url] [SIZE=4]--- Susan [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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