10-ton steam shovel - photo

[Altair]

10-ton steam shovel from the 1900s.

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1900s steam shovel - photo
1916 Erie steam shovel operating - video
1925 90-ton steam shovel in operation - GIF
Steam shovel GIF
Salvaging a steam shovel - video

[nova_robotics]

Rivets and chains. And SPROCKETS.

I know a guy who used to install hot rivets. He's deaf in one ear because that was the side that faced the rivets as they were being hammered.

[Toolmaker51]

Rivets and chains. And SPROCKETS.

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And scored drum chain wheels......I'm sure, moving 12 x 12 crane pads was all kinds of fun