Workers in the Wheel and Axle Department of the Pittsburgh Railways Company. Pittsburgh, PA. 1925.
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Workers in the Wheel and Axle Department of the Pittsburgh Railways Company. Pittsburgh, PA. 1925.
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Mesta Machine Company trade show exhibitors. West Homestead, PA. 1905/1925.
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Citroen assembly line. 1918.
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Japanese workers at Nakajima Aircraft Company factory. 1940s.
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Blacksmith shop workers. New Brunswick, Canada. 1880-90s.
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Interesting footwear. Possibly just a thread of yarn better than the footwear in the Indian videos?
[QUOTE=Jon;235872]Japanese workers at Nakajima Aircraft Company factory. 1940s.
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Darned if that doesn't look like a Cincinnati Dial Type Mill machining aluminum. Check the logo on the front of the overarm and a few of the lever locations. Could this fellow have been making airplane parts on an American machine to destroy Americans??
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I've read that Warner and Swasey, Pratt & Whitney, Cincinnati, etc. were the favorite machine tools of the Germans and Japanese at the time. They were widely exported before the war, so you may be right.
Cigar box factory workers. Tampa, Florida. January, 1909.
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"Cigar box factory workers. Tampa, Florida. January, 1909."
There was a box factory here in Minster, Ohio that operated until the 1960s. My mother worked there during WW2 when they transitioned from cigar boxes to packaging for the war effort. Cigar boxes were made through the 60s and everyone in town had those boxes all over the house holding pencils, etc. As I'm typing this, there are 4 El Trelles Caoronas cigar boxes in the cabinet above my computer, holding small items.
Jack
I went to a flee market a few years ago and bought a stack of boxes, some were made of wood, I could use a few more. Thanks.
I have a few newer wooden cigar boxes slated for cigar box ukuleles. They make great sounding instruments!
I have a single King Edward cigar box from my childhood filled with random coins and mementos collected over the years , once a very common cigar brand, perhaps it still is.
But do you have King Edward in a can??? :rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by TrickieDickie
"You better let em out, the police are coming"
I couldn't resist!Quote:
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2929
In the 1960's I hauled tobacco from Connecticut to Tampa FL.
New England area grew some of the best wrapping tobacco for cigars.
Total Wine sells cigar boxes, relatively cheap.Quote:
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Workers setting motor brushes at the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation. Aliquippa, PA. September, 1953.
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Workers at the Atwater Kent radio factory. Philadelphia, PA. 1928.
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Workers in the seamless tube department at Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation's Aliquippa Works. Aliquippa, PA.
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Workers at the Hiram Walker & Sons Bottling Works. Walkerville, ON. 1905.
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Hearth workers at the Homestead Steel Works. Homestead, PA. 1915.
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Workers at the Atwater Kent Radio Company. Philadelphia, PA. 1925.
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Workers at the Homestead Steel Works of the Carnegie Steel Company. Homestead, PA. 1893.
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Corliss engine at the Mesta Machine Company. West Homestead, PA.
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Wonder what it does?
A Corliss engine is a stationary steam engine, commonly to drive shafting in factories and the like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corliss_steam_engine# Given this is up on blocks, whith peices laid out next to it, I suspect this is one Mesta was building for a customer?
Given it is Mesta, there could be a hydraulic pump involved.Quote:
Originally Posted by bruce.desertrat
That big flyball governor - nice...
The two rods to activate the intake valves (top of cylinder) and the exhaust valves (bottom of cylinder) indicate that this is not a genuine Corliss design but one of Corliss' competitors. A genuine Corliss design would have a wrist plate centrally mounted on the side of the cylinder driven by a single rod. Four adjustable rods from the wrist plate to the valves would allow independent timing of the valves, the secret to the engine's efficiency. The wrist plate was a feature of Corliss' patent so his competitors had to come up with something different.
Here's a short video I made of a Corliss rescued from a sugar mill and now operating at the Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum in Vista, CA. It clearly shows the wrist plate in operation.
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They look like solid rubber tires like a Hilo, that will rattle your brains.
What does "they" refer to. I fail to see anything that looks like tires.Quote:
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See #616...
According to Inthegroove you're referring to post # 616.Quote:
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That post was made more than five years ago.
If one is going to comment on a post that far back in a thread this long at least have the courtesy to identify what one is referring to - either a quote or the post number.
Jon reposted it last week...
Demonstrating Mesta products.
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Packing butter for restaurants at the Land O'Lakes Plant. Minneapolis, MN. July, 1941.
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Women working in a needlework factory. San Juan, Puerto Rico. December, 1941.
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unbelievable
Working on the assembly and fitting on the interior fuselage of a B-17F bomber. Seattle, WA. December, 1942.
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