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

[Toolmaker51]

Never fails to intrigue me, the immense amount of capital equipment and footprint 'we' had, without considering those concentrating only on consumer goods.

[Jon]

Interior of the Forge Department at the Mesta Machine Company. West Homestead, PA. March, 1918.

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[Jon]

Drive motors at the Aliquippa Works facility of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation. Pennsylvania. September, 1953.

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[Jon]

Crane No. 1 at the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation's Pittsburgh Works. Pittsburgh, PA. 1890.

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[Jon]

Interior view of the Mesta Machine Company plant. West Homestead, PA. 1905/1925.

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[IntheGroove]

Charlie Chaplin approves this machine...

[Jon]

Brake beam assembling and dismantling machine at the scrap and reclamation shop of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company. McKees Rocks, PA. January, 1950.

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[Jon]

Radial drill in the McKees Rocks Machine and Erecting Shop of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company. McKees Rocks, PA. July, 1904.

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[Jon]

Doubling shear at the Mesta Machine Company. West Homestead, PA. 1905/1925.

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[Jon]

52-inch mill finishing stand at the Homestead Steel Works. Homestead, PA. 1927.

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