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

**old kodger** · Dec 15, 2021, 02:33 PM

I want to know does the giggling pin have to be in proximity to the chuckle shaft when the guffau pressure is applied to the laughing sensor?

**Floradawg** · Dec 15, 2021, 04:21 PM

Ummmmm, yeah, I think so.

**Jon** · Dec 19, 2021, 01:22 PM

Threading couplings. Seamless Tube Department at the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation’s Aliquippa Works. 1942.

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**hemmjo** · Dec 19, 2021, 03:55 PM

There is so much going on here. Fascinating to imagine all of the thought and hard work that went into making all of the industry that build our society, and how easily it is lost.

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**TrickieDickie** · Dec 19, 2021, 04:25 PM

that is a big ass tap

**marksbug** · Dec 19, 2021, 07:30 PM

I musta missed the ass tap.

**Isambard** · Dec 19, 2021, 09:40 PM

That's a collapsible tap, Landis make up them to 12 inch pipe size.
I have a BSA (UK) catalog of 1952, that lists sizes up to 14"! That would take some serious HP!

**Jon** · Dec 26, 2021, 01:18 PM

Anvil forging. Bethlehem Steel Corporation. September, 1948.

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**old kodger** · Dec 26, 2021, 01:52 PM

I see that it's nearly time for morning tea.

**tedg53** · Dec 27, 2021, 05:46 AM

Any idea which plant is shown in the picture?
I live in Pottstown, PA, there used to be a Bethlehem Steel plant here where pieces for the Golden Gate Bridge were fabricated.