Smudge pot “Toledo Torch” was a kerosene “road flare.”_x000D_
Starting in 1929, The Toledo Pressed Steel Co. manufactured millions of small, round kerosene-burning torches (sometimes called smudge pots) that look like cartoon bombs._x000D_
The Toledo Torch was widely used at road construction sites across the U.S., and other companies produced similar, competing devices. However, they have long since been replaced by flaming pink road flares and traffic barrels._x000D_
Eight inches wide and 8 inches tall.