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I was finally at a "friendly place" for a video/photo shoot, and while everyone was at lunch, I took some time to shoot around the shop. These are some gears, obviously, that they are making for a project. I am always blown away by people who can manufacture something like these gears and not think twice about it. If I get a chance, will post more from this shoot, but got to finish their project first. Will be holed up in a dark editing room for the next week or so.
Old school engineering in the Engine Sheds: there are apprenticeships in this, not only keeping traditional engineering skills alive, but making history for today as well.
Fairbanks Alaska. ca. 1985.
The United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company. Illinois Street supply yard.
The USSRM provided equipment to the Fairbanks Exploration Company (F.E. Co) in support of gold mining operations outside of Fairbanks in the middle part of the last century.
www.asme.org/about-asme/engineering-history/landmarks/113...
Friday Flashback.
Tri-X 400, Minolta SRT.
Old 'Repurposed' Sign -
Mesquite Historic District, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States
If you zoom in, you can see where "Machine Shop" was painted over "Pilsner Beer".
Marinship
Sausalito, CA
Marinship Corporation was a shipbuilding company of the United States during World War II, created to build the shipping required for the war effort. Founded in 1942, the shipyard built 93 cargo ships and oil tankers, before ending operations 1945.
The EBT machine shop equipment was operated from overhead belts. The pulleys were originally powered by steam but eventually changed to electric power. (223784)*
Reminds me of my engineering days, the largest machines I operated were up to 6x bigger.
Best seen large .....
The Abandoned Moffett Mill
Lincoln, RI
January 30, 2021
"Constructed in 1812 by local mechanic George Olney, the Moffett Mill offers a rare glimpse of the early American machine shop. The Moffett Mill was among the first mills in the area to have new metal-working technology including a metal lathe and drill press. In the early 1800s, Olney made tools and repaired vital machine parts for the other mills along Great Road, including his own thread mill at the pond in Lincoln Woods, Stephen Smith’s Butterfly Mill, and Captain Wilbur Kelly’s mill at Old Ashton. Arnold Moffett purchased the mill in 1850, replacing the breast-style waterwheel with a more modern, water-driven iron turbine. He expanded into furniture making and wagon building. At the time of the Civil War, the mill’s second floor housed braiding machines used to produce laces for shoes and corsets. By 1880, gristmill orders accounted for a large share of the Moffetts’ business, and a sawmill produced boards and wooden boxes for customers in the area. By the turn of the century, the mill closed and the building abandoned. In 2000, the Moffett Mill was stabilized and restored, with the original equipment still intact. Today, the mill is open for occasional public viewing under the stewardship of the Friends of Hearthside."
This sign has graced the now-closed Paul Del Grande auto parts store in Campbell for decades, but I drove by last week and it is gone. I am told that it was sold to a collector. A few years ago it was restored to perfect working order, I think by the family. I will miss seeing it as I drive that stretch of road.
BN Barstow with BNSF 2740, a BN-paint GP30 carbody, leading rolls by Machine Shop #3 in Rock Island, IL.
Cut wood? Buy a new coolant pump.
Well, alrighty then.
Niles Canyon Railway maintenance facility near Sunol, California.
This abandoned machine shop is near a restored roundhouse in Evanston, Wyoming. The railyard is a nice mix of restored and abandoned buildings.
Catching up with 2018...though there is no time remaining on the meter...2019 arrived as predicted...I did not.
Almost There.
Before Christmas 2018 I had the opportunity to take some photos of a shop (not mine)...the culmination of years of orderly accumulation. One can never have enough screwdrivers. This is my visit.
These were taken with a tripod.
Please do not use without my explicit permission
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Walter C Snyder
Catching up with 2018...though there is no time remaining on the meter...2019 arrived as predicted...I did not.
Almost There.
Before Christmas 2018 I had the opportunity to take some photos of a shop (not mine)...the culmination of years of orderly accumulation. Finally, I am adding this photo I took of a photo in the shop. I actually think it was the shop owner's personal cat, but then the photo seemed so perfect...as if taken from a magazine. Anyway, I liked the grainy effect.
These were taken with a tripod.
Please do not use without my explicit permission
© All Rights Reserved
Walter C Snyder
The Abandoned Moffett Mill
Lincoln, RI
January 30, 2021
"Constructed in 1812 by local mechanic George Olney, the Moffett Mill offers a rare glimpse of the early American machine shop. The Moffett Mill was among the first mills in the area to have new metal-working technology including a metal lathe and drill press. In the early 1800s, Olney made tools and repaired vital machine parts for the other mills along Great Road, including his own thread mill at the pond in Lincoln Woods, Stephen Smith’s Butterfly Mill, and Captain Wilbur Kelly’s mill at Old Ashton. Arnold Moffett purchased the mill in 1850, replacing the breast-style waterwheel with a more modern, water-driven iron turbine. He expanded into furniture making and wagon building. At the time of the Civil War, the mill’s second floor housed braiding machines used to produce laces for shoes and corsets. By 1880, gristmill orders accounted for a large share of the Moffetts’ business, and a sawmill produced boards and wooden boxes for customers in the area. By the turn of the century, the mill closed and the building abandoned. In 2000, the Moffett Mill was stabilized and restored, with the original equipment still intact. Today, the mill is open for occasional public viewing under the stewardship of the Friends of Hearthside."
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From the Don Dobmeier Collection, Acc#2011.42
The machine shop aboard USS Holland, submarine tender.
Read the historical essay about the USS Holland here
Inside the machine shop of the decommissioned U.S.S. Holland AS-32 of the Mothball Fleet.
Read the historical essay about the USS Holland here