World's first Bridgeport mill - photos

[Jon]

The world's first Bridgeport mill, serial number S38-001. On display at the American Precision Museum in Windsor, Vermont.

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More:

http://www.americanprecision.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Precision_Museum

Previously:

World's first steam locomotive - GIF
World's largest lathes - photos
World's largest vacuum chamber - photo
World's largest land crane - photos and video
World's largest piston - photo
1877 Le Creusot world's largest steam hammer
World's largest broach - photo
World's largest pull-down die forging press - photos

[jimfols]

A beautiful design and still so recognizable.

[Fast.Eddie]

Amazing how well designed it was right out of the box! Seldom do you get it right with v1.0

[cngodfather]

Awesome! I bet it still works great.

[marksbug]

is that guy holding a nuse?? better keep bubba wallace away from it!!! yup it looks good, and mostly the same as my 79 machine. it didn't stray far from home!!

[marksbug]

I wonder just want all that machine has made for us all.

[rgsparber]

I would love to see all of the prototypes that were tossed before they got to "the first..."

Rick

[davesrepair]

Thanks for posting these photos. We were up that way a few years ago and stopped in to see the museum and looked at that Bridgeport, serial #1 and still in nice shape.


If you're ever in the neighborhood, the museum's worth checking out; pretty cool old place, originally water-powered.

[seb fontana]

Isn't the Round Ram at 90° rotation?