Vintage work crew photos

[marksbug]

under the Leonardo museum in Milan they have those made of wood from long long ago plus some...I was mesmerized ...Im kinda supprized my wife brought me back home.Ill have to go back some day...Im starting to get hungry..and we didnt get to see the entire museumi doubt we saw half..

[marksbug]

I presume thats how they were controlling thrust forces. them fellers were smart !!!and oh so talented.

[ranald]

Reminds me when I first encountered a Utah coal mine dragline. I stood in the bucket which was like a small carpark for a few cars. Then I wandered over to a rear dumper & I was tall enough to reach the rim of a wheel: about 1971/2.

[hemmjo]

I want to see the mechanism that monster gear is part of!!!! Those huge old machines are so awesome.

[Jon]

Espen-Lucas saw in a machine shop. 1919.

Found this beautiful beast in the catalog at archives.gov. The search function takes a bit of learning, but there are countless excellent images that aren't getting indexed in Google Images search (a perfect example of The Deep Web). I've seen the vintage ads for these, but I didn't know they made one that big. These are the largest resolution images available.

[ranald]

Certainly a cut above the rest! Wonder if that "Lucas" is same company as the mobile saw milling machine maker.

[Pa1963]

Hey, now. Don't forget to use the guard on this!

[ranald]

Hey, now. Don't forget to use the guard on this!

guard removed for clarity. I've seen some big unguarded blades but that takes the cake...and the arm holding the cake ...and the...

[Jon]

New York City Port Authority tunnel police. 1950s.

[Frank S]

How would you like to have to ride back and forth in the Lincoln Holland or Manhattan tunnels all day day in and day out in one of those 24" wide vehicles while trying to keep an eye on traffic offenders? And they say the police are paid too much.