High-quality black-and-white photographs of large old machines and tools

**Jon** · May 28, 2023, 11:12 AM

10,000 ton press at the Schoen Steel Wheel Works. McKees Rocks, PA. July, 1939.

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**Jon** · Jun 4, 2023, 11:12 AM

Mesta Machine Company forging press under construction. West Homestead, PA. March, 1918.

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**Jon** · Jun 11, 2023, 11:12 AM

Mesta Machine Company roll lathe. 1905/1925.

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**Jon** · Jun 18, 2023, 11:12 AM

Machinery inside the Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Garrison Alley Plant. Circa 1900.

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**Toolmaker51** · Jun 19, 2023, 07:33 PM

Any notice the bolted wood timber framework?
It's just bridge for their bridge crane rails, end truck visible upper right.

**hemmjo** · Jun 20, 2023, 05:54 AM

I did not notice that!! Good Eye.

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**Jon** · Jun 25, 2023, 11:12 AM

A worker operates a main bed transverse drive beam at the Aliquippa Works of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation. Pennsylvania. April, 1952.

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**IntheGroove** · Jun 25, 2023, 01:54 PM

That's how you build another machine...

**Toolmaker51** · Jun 28, 2023, 12:05 AM

Never fails to intrigue me, the immense amount of capital equipment and footprint 'we' had, without considering those concentrating only on consumer goods.

**Jon** · Jul 2, 2023, 11:12 AM

Interior of the Forge Department at the Mesta Machine Company. West Homestead, PA. March, 1918.

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