Vintage work crew photos

**Toolmaker51** · Oct 15, 2018, 05:53 PM

In a very modern plant I have some association with....speed is scrutinized, though not quite as overbearing as ranald's description. The halls are very wide of beautifully finished smooth & painted concrete. Motorized lifts, electric carts, pedal trikes run the middle, everything has rear view mirrors and there are no painted lanes. Foot traffic keeps to right, not unlike a regular roadway. No speed limits per se', just lots of caution and stop signs. You have no opportunity to build up steam.
And the expediters use adult sized foot powered scooters. Those have a hitch to pull small trailers of additional goods they supply the plant with.

**Jon** · Oct 16, 2018, 10:54 AM

Not exactly sure which airship this is, but I did see this labeled as the USS Macon. If not, it's likely a similar one from the 1930s. These ships sometimes served as airborne aircraft carriers - small planes (often biplanes) would attach to the airships with skyhooks; they were known as parasite aircraft.

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More:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite_aircraft
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_aircraft_carrier

**Frank S** · Oct 17, 2018, 09:28 PM

When I first saw the picture my first thought was somebody put training wheels on a high wheeler

**suther51** · Oct 16, 2018, 03:06 PM

Arm strong man lift, mark one.
Eric

**hemmjo** · Oct 16, 2018, 04:45 PM

I love those extension ladders on the wheeled carts!! I wonder if they are OSHA approved??

**rlm98253** · Oct 16, 2018, 05:33 PM

Workers with acrophobia need not apply.

**Jon** · Oct 17, 2018, 11:16 AM

Postmen riding pentacycles. 1882.

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**ranald** · Oct 18, 2018, 10:50 PM

reckon I'd need all those trainer wheels on that cycle. Imagine trying to lean into a turn.

**PJs** · Oct 17, 2018, 02:24 PM

I would think the front axle is a bit too spindly for rough roads as well as steering, and the rear axle isn't much bigger. But then again Edward Burstow was an Architect!

**hemmjo** · Oct 17, 2018, 04:53 PM

wait a minute... the post office is a branch of the government, right? That may explain the impractical use of those cool looking old contraptions to deliver mail...