Steam Powered Wood Box Factory

[Niehart]

I love these old factory's.

 

[gixxerjasen]

So many places to lose an appendage.

 

[airboss]

Pre OSHA.

 

[Panman]

Did ya notice the short tail on the dog?

 

[Mihalis fjr]

Amazing video!!I watched it again and again many times..!!I have never seen a like this..!!
Thanks for the sharing with us!!

 

[lonerider]

Back then, they built equipment to last. Lots of gravity feed oil bottles to fill. I went through a machine shop near here that's from the same era; overhead shaft and all equipment run from it via flat belts. The only change they made was to replace the boiler with a big electric motor. The owner told me that when his machinist retires, he'll likely have to close the shop, no one today has the training to set up and run that old equipment.

 

[NightShine]

The owner told me that when his machinist retires, he'll likely have to close the shop, no one today has the training to set up and run that old equipment.

Yep. Any technology thrives only in the context of the myriad industries and people that supports it.

You see the same situation over in the "mothball fleet" in Suisun Bay. Steam turbine powered navel and civilian vessels retired from service and stored there 30 or 40 years back, on the thought that they could be recommissioned in time of need. And as that generation has passed, the expertise needed to run them simply no longer exists, leaving them suitable only as scrap in the breaking yards...

 

[rogdeb]

Absolutely love seeing these old mills

Great find Dave -- thanks.

 

[kamal]

You did it again - thanks!

Good reading here: https://www.phillipsbrosmill.com/phillipsbrosmill/default.asp?Gallery=About%20Us/Our%20History/ourhistory.htm

Reminds me of my childhood when a steam powered traction-engine would set up to cut wood, the whole village would turn out.



Al.

 

[lnewlf]

So many places to lose an appendage.

used to work for Schaefer Brewery in the 60's..we had a bung drilling machine to remove wooden bungs from the halves -basically a big spinning corkscrew hanging from the ceiling. A new hippie guy got his long hair caught in it and he lost most of his scalp-they did save him tho..pre OHSA- the whole place was a deathtrap..all the beer you could drink too!

 

[Auburn]

really cool Dave

 

[PhilJet09]

Reminds me of this...



I'd love to have an old hit and miss set up like this.

 

[mdisher]

Way cool, thanks for sharing.

 

[mferriter]

I was wondering why they cut the top off that old chevy until I saw this:

This would give an OSHA inspector fits.

 

[ionbeam]

I was wondering why they cut the top off that old chevy until I saw this:
This would give an OSHA inspector fits.

I marveled that they chopped the truck instead of raising the overhang. There is almost always more than one way to solve problems. It's just that some solutions are way better than others which is what sets redneck engineering apart from the rest of the world.

Not only OSHA, can you imagine trying to get insurance for their shop? I was amazed at how many people still had all their fingers. Stumpy the dog wasn't much of a surprise.