Lineshaft Machine Shop Photos

[enginebill]

I thought about starting a page on facebook for only photographs of lineshaft driven machine shops but I think I will post them here instead. If anyone else has some lineshaft machine shop photos I would like to see them here as well.

Here is the first, a small planer running a job, no other info.

 

[DeSelle]

I am guessing you only want period examples not current endeavors?

 

[Greg Menke]

A link to a page I made for the Fay & Scott company, Dexter ME circa 1900-1910, a few pics from later on. I visited the Dexter Historical Society in 2012 and scanned these pics from a photo album various folks related to the enterprise had put together over the years. Some were saved from the dumpster during cleanout of the old building.

http://pounceatron.dreamhosters.com/fay-scott/shop/index.html

These are resized for convenient viewing- .zip files containing the full resolution images and some pdfs here http://pounceatron.dreamhosters.com/fay-scott/

 

[Greg Menke]

A link to a page I made for the Fay & Scott company, Dexter ME circa 1900-1910, a few pics from later on. I visited the Dexter Historical Society in 2012 and scanned these pics from a photo album various folks related to the enterprise had put together over the years. Some were saved from the dumpster during cleanout of the old building.

http://pounceatron.dreamhosters.com/fay-scott/shop/index.html

These are resized for convenient viewing- .zip files containing the full resolution images and some pdfs here http://pounceatron.dreamhosters.com/fay-scott/

 

[sandiapaul]

Wow what a great collection of photos, thanks and more would be great!

 

[enginebill]

I am guessing you only want period examples not current endeavors?

Period photos are preferred but any of an old shop that survives today would be great too.

 

[Big B]

A link to a page I made for the Fay & Scott company, Dexter ME circa 1900-1910, a few pics from later on. I visited the Dexter Historical Society in 2012 and scanned these pics from a photo album various folks related to the enterprise had put together over the years. Some were saved from the dumpster during cleanout of the old building.

http://pounceatron.dreamhosters.com/fay-scott/shop/index.html

These are resized for convenient viewing- .zip files containing the full resolution images and some pdfs here Fay & Scott Company, Dexter ME

What a treasure trove of machining history. I can almost smell it when I look at those photos.

 

[enginebill]

This is the Gibson Brothers shop in Morgantown WV.

 

[MilGunsmith]

Unknown location

 

[old_dave]

This is the Gibson Brothers shop in Morgantown WV.

Thank you for this. Interestingly it looks like several of the guys are wearing campaign hats.

 

[old_dave]

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Beautiful photograph. I think I've seen it before but can't place where. From the appearance of the shop and the gents working there I'm thinking they are tool makers or doing some similar class of work. I really like the electric motor.

David

 

[DocsMachine]

I really like the electric motor.

-I suspect that's a generator, probably to power lights to go over the workbenches. It's much too small to operate that much machinery.

Doc.

 

[Maltesehunter]

Waltham Watch Co 1890


Waltham Watch Co 1876


Woodward Iron Company 1890s

 

[old_dave]

-I suspect that's a generator, probably to power lights to go over the workbenches. It's much too small to operate that much machinery.

Doc.

Ah, of course. I see that now.
David

 

[enginebill]

Nice William Sellers vertical boring mill.

 

[esbutler]

I thought it interesting to see what I assume to be the gauges they used to set up (or verify) the planers to get the bed V's correct at Fay & Scott. This a zoomed in view of the wall from Slide 25 from Greg's post #3.

 

[MilGunsmith]

Also unknown location

 

[MilGunsmith]

Brooklyn Navy Yard

 

[MilGunsmith]

Unknown location. Notice the deburring equipment on the right side of the photo. Apprentices at there best.

 

[enginebill]

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.