Malcolm Schweizer
05-23-2016, 11:02 AM
(In the voice of Crocodile Dundee) ...THIS is a drill press!
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Here red is the power for it-
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This is the Creque Marine Railway on Hassel Island, which I am involved with the care of as president of the St. Thomas Historical Trust. It was used to haul ships out in the 1840's and much of the equipment is preserved today despite past years of neglect. We are now piece by piece trying to preserve it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creque_Marine_Railway
there is a much larger steam engine that was used to haul ships out of the water on rails. The building has one of my favorite doorways in all the islands.
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I just thought you gear heads would like to see some of the old machinery, like this massive steam powered lathe.
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...or this massive steam powered winch which ran off an engine the size of a locomotive. That closest gear is 10 feet in diameter.
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Here red is the power for it-
337950
This is the Creque Marine Railway on Hassel Island, which I am involved with the care of as president of the St. Thomas Historical Trust. It was used to haul ships out in the 1840's and much of the equipment is preserved today despite past years of neglect. We are now piece by piece trying to preserve it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creque_Marine_Railway
there is a much larger steam engine that was used to haul ships out of the water on rails. The building has one of my favorite doorways in all the islands.
337954
I just thought you gear heads would like to see some of the old machinery, like this massive steam powered lathe.
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...or this massive steam powered winch which ran off an engine the size of a locomotive. That closest gear is 10 feet in diameter.