found these old hooks

[joemamma297]

i have an old boy scout camp near my house. its been shut down since 92. a few days ago i was looking under one of the buildings when i found these things hanging there. there hooks on springs. the spring is for when you compress it you can change the angle the hook mounts. i was thinking there for hanging things its just weird the place they were in. they were hanging in a cinder block underneath this building. i found a total of 7 of them. any one have any idea of what they are?

[KC]

Please can you....

Can you get a pic of them IN the cinder block?  Was this a building that was build up off the ground on the cinder blocks?  Water/Elec wiring under the building?

Were the cinder blocks upright and lined up so the compression hooks were in a line that lines could be routed through them?  Were they on the outside of the foundation or further under?

What state are you in?

[joemamma297]

Please can you....

Can you get a pic of them IN the cinder block?  Was this a building that was build up off the ground on the cinder blocks?  Water/Elec wiring under the building?

Were the cinder blocks upright and lined up so the compression hooks were in a line that lines could be routed through them?  Were they on the outside of the foundation or further under?

What state are you in?

I'll try getting a picture tomorrow. And yes it was up off the ground on the cinder blocks. The hook ends were hung inside of the cinder block so they weren't being used to hang anything under the building. Also they were inside of the building. I wouldn't have seems them if I hadn't gone under the building. I'm in pennsylvania

[ghopper1924]

Are you sure it's not the set of a horror movie?

[mart]

From the sharp points they look like old fashioned meat hooks that would have been used in a smokehouse !!  Before wrapping was common they used to simply impale the meat on a hook, or some like my Grandad tied it with small rope !!  Do you know what was there before the Scouts ??  Can you also take a pic so we can see the plate at the back ??

[KC]

My first impression was that as well Mart...and figured someone was just using them to route piping or something else.

HOWEVER, I haven't seen a spring loaded hook for meat...typically springs are on hanging scales and there isn't a scale attached to this.

[KC]

Okay...had to come back...looks as if the spring adjusted the up/down position...not the angle....?

Do these have a spring-loaded action?

[fancypants]

Possible ladder (wooden) hooks ....

[greenacres]

To me it seems like sort of bracket with the hook used for support similar to a piling.

[joemamma297]

[joemamma297]

some more pictures...

the spring is used to hold it in position. when it compresses you can change the angle.

and no i dont know what it was before a boy scout camp. i think it was always just a camp.

[mart]

When you compress the spring like that it changes the angle,, but does the spring also compress the other way that possibly releases the top so that the whole thing
could be moved maybe left or right ??  Maybe to slide it along ??  I am still thinking meat hooks especially looking at those points !!

[ejhmmm]

I believe a handheld meat hook would not have springs and would have a wooden or metal handle that is perpendicular to the hook.  Antique meat hooks are fairly primitive, contemporary ones are simple as well.  A meat hook that hangs from a rack would have a round device allowing it to slide along the rack - kind of like a pulley.  I am not an expert but for the above reasons I'm not sure these are meat hooks.  Unless they are meat hooks that are simply missing the rolling mechanism from the top.  I do think they are some type of industrial hook, but the exact purpose I honestly can't say w/o doing more research.

[ghopper1924]

Horror movie set, I'm tellin' ya!!

[mart]

Not hand held !! Could be missing a part but also could have been fixed position along a wall in small deli or smokehouse !!  When not in use the hook would be turned flat against a wall or rotated outward for hanging hams ect !!