Vintage work crew photos

**jackhoying** · Dec 16, 2020, 05:10 AM

I looks like they are starting to disassemble a temporary rail track that was used to move in, or move out a big casting that needs replaced or repaired. The track base is built up with wooden sleepers and then I-beam sleepers, probably to raise the tracks high enough to clear existing tracks?

**marksbug** · Dec 16, 2020, 08:39 AM

perhaps those are custom hard hats..that look like reg hats...like the bronze dipped shews..or the osha guy dosent come till saturday.

**Jon** · Dec 20, 2020, 03:42 PM

Pig bed workers at the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation.

Pig bed made up ready to receive molten iron. Molten iron from the main runner flows at right angles into a smaller trough known was the ‘sow.’ From the ‘sow’ the molten iron flows into the individual molds known as ‘Pigs.’ Hence, the term: ‘Pig Iron.’

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**12bolts** · Dec 21, 2020, 12:54 AM

The writing above the furnace hearth door. "Pirigo"sp (Danger?) "Lentida" sp (Slow?) from Portuguese. Pretty obscure for a warning sign

**Hoosiersmoker** · Jan 4, 2021, 07:43 AM

Originally Posted by 12bolts

The writing above the furnace hearth door. "Pirigo"sp (Danger?) "Lentida" sp (Slow?) from Portuguese. Pretty obscure for a warning sign

Or "Perigo Dirida" "Danger directed" or roughly, you are required or directed to be careful. Still pretty obscure...

**hemmjo** · Dec 20, 2020, 03:55 PM

Those 5 men standing there in short sleeved shirts, regular shoes and no hard hats are the kind of "IRON" men than built this country. (Insert any country name there)

**marksbug** · Dec 21, 2020, 11:52 AM

hmm...so...if they were pouring some bell shaped stuff they would be pouring cowbells!!!

**Jon** · Dec 27, 2020, 11:58 AM

Workers making a 70-ton waterwheel shaft. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Homestead, PA. 1945.

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**marksbug** · Dec 27, 2020, 12:26 PM

heck just watching them make the steel for that would be awesome. it's truly amazing what we used to be abler to make before we had the 9002iso&whatnot bs qc came about.witch is like the carfox...used for selling nothing more.

**hemmjo** · Dec 27, 2020, 03:33 PM

Originally Posted by marksbug

heck just watching them make the steel for that would be awesome. it's truly amazing what we used to be abler to make before we had the 9002iso&whatnot bs qc came about.witch is like the carfox...used for selling nothing more.

I totally agree. I often wonder how they managed to make such amazing HUGE stuff, "back in the day".

This quote is often brought to mind!!!

“Hard times create strong men.
Strong men create good times.
Good times create weak men.
And, weak men create hard times.”
― G. Michael Hopf, Those Who Remain