High-quality black-and-white photographs of large old machines and tools

[C Tucker]

We had one guy that never cleaned up. If he was making a LOT of chips, he always got the gofer guy to scoop chips for him. When I had to follow him, I always wrote the time spent on my card as "clean up after xxxx".

[marksbug]

I remember those guys. we did have one machine that stayed covered in cast iron shavings.it pissed off the boss when he saw it ,till I explaned to him that is I leave the shavings there the machine wont rust...if I remove them it will...then I told him I clean it almost every day.as I was cleaning it before every use. when I left there after about 2o years that machine still looked good.a few months lator it was not quite the same..and somewhat. I miss running that shop...well I miss the equipment.

[Jon]

Roll turner. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Homestead, PA. 1936.

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[marksbug]

big beer can manufacturing......time to head for the mountains..

[Jon]

Mesta steam-hydraulic forging presses. West Homestead, PA.

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[marksbug]

a ground shaker.

[Jon]

Open hearth stripper. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. June, 1945.

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[McDesign]

Open hearth stripper.

Oh - shoot.

[Toolmaker51]

Open hearth stripper.

Oh - shoot.

Well, she's a fine hourglass shape.....Hogarth's Line of Beauty.

[Toolmaker51]

Open hearth stripper. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. June, 1945.

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In an odd way, this explains equipment and PILES loaded onto adjacent flat bed carts, in the photo rather clearly.
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