We replaced this giant valve on our buildings sprinkler system today. The building is over 100 yrs old and we think the valve is the same age. Im not sure of the quality of the casting. I feel like I could take it apart, clean it up, do some machining/scraping and use it for SOMETHING. I'm just not sure what. I want to get suggestions before I send it to the scrap yard. I considered using the top portion for some kind of vice until we destroyed the acme thread by dropping it.
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