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Is that a contactor in the right box?

is there a part of the case missing or is that an "totally open frame" type

Looks like the righthand enclosure may have been for an indoor ~size-1 magnetic starter, possibly with integral motor-overload relay at one time. The present is an consumer-appliance-grade ‘definite-purpose’ contactor. Note that the appliance contactor has no arc-quenching features associated with its open contacts—that would be expected with NEMA-standard starters. I’ll be it spits pretty well if switching a significantly inductive load—like a stalled motor.

Notice the egc wrapped around the nm cable thereby providing suitable grounding of the jacket. uh hu

Very nice background graphic to set the photo in, Joe. Too cool.

Radar