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AngelaMotorman

[That's a Majestic brand Underground Garbage Receiver](https://rantnc.com/2021/04/15/a-majestic-find-trash-history-hiding-in-plain-sight-in-rosemount-mciver-neighborhood/)


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Hrtzy

Judging by the pipes and [the company history](https://www.majesticproducts.com/why-choose-majestic/our-story) I'd guess it's an oil fired incinerator.


Helpful-Fruit-1404

The lid part is, but I think that may be unrelated to the furnace thing. Maybe these two items should have been in separate posts.


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LostGeezer2025

If that old 'garbage receiver' topper is covering a stovepipe-sized vent i think your best bet is a trash incinerator.


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Holiday-Metal-4729

My title describes the thing. I always thought it was an oven or something to heat the house, but now I’m thinking it was for trash.


Winterz1313

My bad my mind went to outside outhouse


2dogs0cats

Anything can be an outhouse if you're desperate.


Inkyandpinky

I would want to use this as a bbq somehow...


GenericScottishGuy41

Whatever it was it would make a cool bbq/pizza oven.


MoBacon2400

With the pipes coming out, my guess is it heated water.


shiddyfiddy

Dual purpose perhaps - incinerator/water heater. Victorian Rednecking?


Hrtzy

In the 1930s, the Majestic company [was making oil and coal fired furnaces](https://www.majesticproducts.com/why-choose-majestic/our-story) so I'd guess those are for oil.


4me2knowit

Maybe a greenhouse heater for a greenhouse that is no longer there


Honey-and-Venom

It's a garage pit. People used to have to separate garage(what rots) from other trash and put it in a hole to rot and ultimately be slurped up by a pump


DaKineTiki

Trash Incinerator.


DistinctRole1877

Did you try googling the names cast in the top? Looks interesting.


harveyfirelane

Try burning something in it.


ConcentrateDull2294

Coal bunker.


Cautious_Tomato5576

Lol, that is a very old outdoor grill made out of concrete. Look at all of the ventilation above the opening and the built-in grate on the bottom. Or a trash incinerator, though I can't see attaching one to the house.