Vintage work crew photos

[Jon]

Steam drill workers. Vermont, 1905.

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[mcthistle007]

Ok Now But what does a Steam Drill Worker Actually Do? Are they drilling holes with a steam powered jack hammer device or what? I'm itching to know. I never heard or seen such a thing.



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[12bolts]

From Goggle
A steam drill is powered by a remote boiler while a length of steel hammered away at the rock face. It took the ingenuity of an American inventor named Simon Ingersoll in 1871 to come up with a device that rotated as well, effectively creating the first hammer drill.

Whilst they dont really appear to be working a "rock face" I dont know enough, (actually SFA) about this to comment further

[mcthistle007]

Well Thanks Anyway But once you hear The Name Ingersoll Rand Say No More! A Remote Boiler, There must be Hoses to each Power Dril. And you can see some workkers standing on their machines to increase "The Rate of Penetration" I'd like to see one in a Machine Museum. Thx

[IntheGroove]

My Unimogs had torque tubes...

[Toolmaker51]

re post 2725 & 2726. I'd say steam powered equivalent to modern jack-hammers, especially with Ingersoll connection. What too is interesting, some have a heavier supporting tripod and a hand crank; to feed the thing in.
They are a lot like today's portable hot-tap device.
https://www.google.com/search?client...ot+tap+machine

[Jon]

Shasta Dam workers. Shasta County, CA. December, 1941.

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[Jon]

Newsboys. St. Louis, MO. 1910.

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[jimfols]

2736

We was tough when we was kids.

[mr mikey]

Next let's try beer lol