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    land of the rising sun....and they want to put it out?

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    Roll shop crew. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation. 1908.

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    Taken with flash powder?

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    now back to our regular program, things were done a lot different back then.

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    so..witch one is flash and witch is powder? or is that him on the end looking like a munchkin on stilts.

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    Work crew erecting an oil drill rig. Shinnston, West Virginia.

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    Think any machinery, compressed air, or welding equipment nearby? Frame members light enough to repeatedly hoist by hand, nothing but a bag of nuts and bolts. I'd bet the successive stages are numbered in chalk.
    It would take a bit of planning, staging and accurate trigonometry to produce a 'smooth' tower.
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    Yes, but after the second lift of staging the angles do not change and all the triangles reduce at the same rate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cmarlow View Post
    Yes, but after the second lift of staging the angles do not change and all the triangles reduce at the same rate.
    Perfectly true, but the dimensions, layout and placement do. Without means aloft to modify, isn't there is some degree of challenge?
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