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    Kay McNulty, Alyse Snyder, and Sis Stump operate the differential analyzer in the basement of the Moore School of Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1942-1945.
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    C&EI Railroad work crew. Villa Grove, IL. 1925.

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    crap, no wonder why my shipment is late!! they are all just standing around!!!! I need that shipment of round tuits now!!!! I cant do any thing else till it get that shipment!!!

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    You need your round tuits and they are posing at the round house, they could head off in any direction.

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    You can use this one that I've had for over 40 years...
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    I need a lot more than just that one, and thats pretty thin I dont know if it will hold up, especially with the hurricane that just went through...real effing slow.

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    Kaplan-type turbine runner before installation. Photo by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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    sweet , variable pitch!! we used to run some boat props like that.

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    looks like a long way to fall - such a cool pic wouldn't be allowed today . . .

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    I assume this is a turbine for a hydro-electric plant.

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