Tank

What exactly was in this tank I wonder?

I'd venture to guess oxygen or nitrous.

Probably oxygen, it is a green tank. I wonder if it is still in hydrotest....

It still has visible teflon tape near the valve... so i would think it may still be full of something. I really wouldnt recomend trying to let the gas out.

This could be dangerous compressed 02 but probably leaked out years ago. I personally wouldn't mess with it, though. they can become missles!

the nazale look's all bent up but even if there was something in there i don't think you can get it out.

Ya, green = oxygen. The handle and fitting look incredibly beat up, this thing could blow if you breathe on it wrong(if by some odd reason it's full).

Not sure why it says "CIVIL DEFENSE"

IT PROBABLY HAD SLEEPING GAS IN IT

its definitaly o2(green bottle)... i would take it 2 the top floor, drop it out the window nd run.

I wouldn't like to venture a guess, but I too wouldn't touch it- I have seen the pressure these things carry.

It's been empty for over ten years guys.

hmm, i thought O2 was Blue? well it is here anyway. id have guessed Nitrous Oxide of something...that does a good job of sedating me :)

It's an O2 tank, and an old one, to boot. We now have plastic lever's ("keys" we call them in the ER) to switch the top of the tank to "open" the O2, so to speak.

its o2 i weld alot same as oxy acetylene torches

that tank if broken will blow through a cement wall and keep going till it ran out of preassure

Are you sure that tank it is empty ?

Those old tanks are like torpedo's just waiting to go off.

Stay away, stay far away from this this thing unless you are a qualified expert in explosive ordnance disposal training.

Signed: An American Soldier stationed in Germany.

Lucky this wasn't near any of the fires started here, as I'm sure it would cause a lot of damage if it got too hot.

i would guess empty, but then again, i wouldnt want to test that theory...

IS THAT OXYGEN?

It's oxygen, as different colors designate diffrerent gases. Green for oxygen, Blue for nirtrous oxide, etc. Civil Defense has plenty of these cylinders distributed in various locations during the 60s in case of nuclear attack etc. You may find some in storage rooms of various hospitals & rescue squads

i had a friend in mexico who tried to close the valve on one of those things while having grease on his hands...they knew it was him because of a gold tooth they found a block away from where the accident happened.

put it on its side with the bottom pointed down a long head and knock the valve off with a hammer. Should be fun.

meant hall not head. I have to go to the head (old Marine phraseology).

Yep I'm a welder and that's an oxygen bottle and to the poster who posted about the fellow with grease and oxygen .. well.. That's definately a stupid thing. Oxygen added to grease makes the grease a highly explosive compound.. KAPow!

I love this site but I wish you guys would quit flappin your mouth about shit you have no idea about. Its not a medical grade gas bottle for one. They prob used this with a torch to cut scrap. The bottle says civil defense on it because gas companies reuse and trade bottles and civil defense has something to do with whoever made this bottle. The truth is this bottle could have been made in the 30s for all we know, and could have been refilled yesterday. Look I hate to be like this, but quit saying shit all "matter of fact" if you really have no clue what your talking about(and I'm not ragging the people who say "maybe its a...") cause you sound like children. Really. Its every pic with you people.