50 Disturbing Things Found In Homes That Were Abandoned Or Forgotten

Old wood stove plate lifter

My Grandparents had a wheel with a sprocket on it on 1st floor. Sprocket had a chain that went thru floor to stoker in the basement. Turning the wheel caused coal to be fed to the stoker which increased the heat fed up thru floor registers warming the home.

It is a hole to allow heat to pass from 1st floor to 2nd floor. I have one in my bedroom of my 200 year old house.

Antique door knocker.

It's a Laundry tub

Old door chimes

This little device was a grocery list checker. Dates back to the 1920s and people kept it on the kitchen. Probably why these are found during kitchen renovations.

My old house in Utah had one for releasing coal down the chute

Old wine cellar of a long gone house

Often, when a house was being built, a family moving into the house would hide shoes in different places. There were children's shoes on the walls of the children's rooms, women's shoes next to the fireplaces and kitchens. Men's shoes were hidden in the attic. The purpose of these was to bring good luck to the house and drive away evil spirits.

Canning top. You can mark what you have canned.

That is 100% for a Bracketed Kerosene Lamp

For sterilizing preserving jars and bottles

This is a Goffering Iron that was used to put ruffles in clothing

An old razor sharpener

We had one on our milk crate/ metal cooler left at the door. Its to let dairy delivery person know what you needed

Air flow for old furnace