Can Anyone Tell Me What This Is?

[LayDeeBuggAngel]

I know these pictures aren't very good quality and the item still has a fair amount of dirt on it because I just dug it up not too long ago. In the pic of the whole thing, the part on the right seemed to be a hinged door to the part on the left but it came off when I was moving it to to take pictures. The one end with the coil looking things has an opening (poss heating coils and the opening lets out heat?), and the other end with the weird appendage protruding off the left side of it is solid (maybe the base of it when it's standing upright?). I was wondering if maybe it was some old form of a space heater based on the coils at the one end, but, I couldn't find anything that looked like it via google images.

 

[Steve O]

Antique water heater. http://www.patented-antiques.com/images/2012-WRIT/MW/W-SALESSAMP/IMG_8781.JPG

 

[LayDeeBuggAngel]

Thanks, I believe it is an old holyoke water heater. While the one pictured that I found is a double one, the thing I dug up resembles it with the crown looking style top and the door with the open slit near the bottom.

 

[McClod]

Antique water heater. http://www.patented-antiques.com/images/2012-WRIT/MW/W-SALESSAMP/IMG_8781.JPG

That's a very nice and interesting looking water heater! I've never seen one like that, guess I'm not as antique as it is, but just barely.