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

**marksbug** · Nov 24, 2021, 03:34 PM

thanks but you tottaly missed...it zinged right over your head... "pond"& "went under" oh well I tried.I better find a day job...

**Isambard** · Nov 24, 2021, 04:44 PM

Do ponds go under? Boats, people, ice-skaters, companies go under...
A pond could go down the gurgler/drain, if a sinkhole appeared perhaps...
Yeah, I think ya right, a new day job is in order. :-)

**marksbug** · Nov 24, 2021, 09:28 PM

well,I used to think like you, till the wife and I went camping, we did some driving around the 3 rivers( they all converge neer the camp ground, with lots of gators in it) well we went over a few bridges and all around ended up kinda aacross the river from the campground... we went into a restraunt got a snack& drinks then saw a map on the wall, witch was awesome as I could see if there was a shorter route back to the camp.. well there was. dang neer straight shot across the lake/river/reservoir... but I dident see any bridge... then I saw the foot notes " submerged road" witch ran along the submerged pond!!! holly bat **** there was a submerged pond under that lake/reservoir full of alligators!!!! it was the highlight of my week. I often wonder if there are any alligators in that submerged pond...or just around it... so apparently a pond can infact go under.

**Isambard** · Nov 24, 2021, 09:37 PM

Well, the South has always had a well-known propensity toward exaggeration,
Samuel Clemens made a very good living at documenting it, with, of course,
suitable embellishments...

**cmarlow** · Nov 25, 2021, 07:44 PM

Originally Posted by Isambard

That would the Pond Machine Tool Company.

Thank you. I looked up the Pond Machine Tool Co. and it turned into an interesting read because of the mergers that followed it.

**IntheGroove** · Nov 25, 2021, 08:16 PM

a pool,or a pond...

**Jon** · Nov 28, 2021, 10:57 AM

Press drill. Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company. McKees Rocks, PA. November, 1903.

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**Isambard** · Nov 28, 2021, 02:43 PM

LOL! I think, somehow 2 images have merged...That is not a horizontal drill.

**marksbug** · Nov 28, 2021, 05:03 PM

kinda like a ship in a bottle...

**Jon** · Dec 5, 2021, 01:21 PM

Wheel boring at the Wheel and Axle Division of the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. August, 1950.

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