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Thanks, everyone, for your helpful thoughts. We're cutting it off tomorrow, so we'll find out then, one way or another. My biggest fear is that it is an oil tank buried in the basement floor. Seems ludicrous that a builder would do such a thing, but who knows in 1905. Is it relevant...

Attached are pictures of the pipe.

We're currently trying to figure out what a pipe coming out of the floor of our 1905 house. We are located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The pipe is about an inch in diameter and capped. The cap has a 'G' on it. It looks very old, as there is significant corrosion on it. I can't get it...