Vintage work crew photos

[Jon]

More from that same "file unit" at the National Archives website: https://catalog.archives.gov/search?...naIdSort%20asc

[Toolmaker51]

More from that same "file unit" at the National Archives website: https://catalog.archives.gov/search?...naIdSort%20asc

Like https://catalog.archives.gov/search?...naIdSort%20asc "Metal shop at the Submarine Base Los Angeles"
Alternate caption "How many steady rests do you need?"
Oh, I dunno, how long is the lathe bed?
Lol
Shaft lathes for sure; I'm betting Axelson or Monarch, greatest of all.

[Frank S]

Like https://catalog.archives.gov/search?...naIdSort%20asc "Metal shop at the Submarine Base Los Angeles"
Alternate caption "How many steady rests do you need?"
Oh, I dunno, how long is the lathe bed?
Lol
Shaft lathes for sure; I'm betting Axelson or Monarch, greatest of all.

When it comes to long large but completely modularly reconfigurable lathes one cannot leave out the RG Letourneau tournamatic lathes .
At one time MR RG had some 150 of his lathes turning out 155 mm shells some 90,000 of them all totaled but the crowning glory of his lathes was his concrete bed lathe made from repurposed ways and Rail road tracks turned into ways,scavenged from his many WWII lathes to turn out shafts for gas turbine generators probably done for the Westinghouse corp.
Not a lot of people know a whole lot of the RG Letourneau corp. outside of his rather large and often times 1 off earth moving equipment or the famous Snow trains
His factory was one of the original rapid reconfigurable manufacturing systems

[bruce.desertrat]

Looked at the "reception area outside commanders office" https://catalog.archives.gov/id/295466 They sure went out of their way to make the building feel like a sub :-)

[Jon]

Telephone handset assembly at the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company circa 1925.

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[Ralphxyz]

Love that lathe in the back left corner must be 10x48.

[IntheGroove]

Speaking of lathes, there had to be a first one...

[Toolmaker51]

Speaking of mills, now some joker will post pix here of a Tree.
Probably me, after work.

[Jon]

Tobacco factory workers and lector. 1910.

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[Duke_of_URL]

I've got a feeling he's reading about the hazards of smoking.