You have been invited to view Raymond's photos!A friend from a local Historical Society says they were given this tool but they have no idea what it was used...
I am fairly certain it is a spike puller. Put theflat panel down and use the crow foot to pull the spike. I am having a hard time viewing the photo , it's just...
I doubt its a spike puller. Not long enough and no leverage. I have a spike pullers and they are about 5 feet long and the head is shaped roughly like the...
For you folks who wish to help us with the Bethlehem Gas Blowing Engine Project, we will be working there again on July 12 & 13th. Meet us at the security gate...
Look Ray, because there was no construction doesn't mean anything. If Tommy the Bully down the street tells everyone that he's going to kick your butt the next...
It was just Carnegie's version of Plato's Cave. Nothing came of it. We will never know what Morgan and Gary would have done in reaction to the building of the...
Adam, It does. It was always a sulfate mill and prior to getting a recovery boiler in the 60's they injected the spent black liquor below an imperivous rock...
I am sure that the Erie Coke Corporation is chock full of toxic waste just waiting to be discovered. When we looked deeper into the Acme Coke Plant in Chicago,...
From Carnegie's "bluff" to his "Plato's Cave." Well, I've seen extreme transitions/comparisons in my day but this takes the cake! Jim T. ... Of ... will never ...
Russ, For the benefit of the members that are not familiar with paper mill terms like "sulfate mill, recovery boiler and black liquor," would you mind...
A spike puller is called a claw bar. I don't think the tool in the picture was used to pull spikes. As someone previously stated the handle is not long...
Ray (and silent Rick, I hope), I think that you need to clarify a few details for potential participants: 1) Where is the security gate to which people have to...
Rick has been silent because Rick has been busy! The goal for the next work session is to clean up engine number 9. Most of the equipment we will need is...
Perhaps if the cave were under a bluff it was be an appropriate place to shave with Occam's Razor. Dave ... From: "James Torgeson" <jstorgeson@...> ...
Does anyone know when USS closed or sold Joliet Works or what became of the Waukegan plant? I have open question marks regarding them and haven't been able to...
Rick: Congratulations! When I stopped by your operation a couple of years ago I had my doubts. It seemed an almost impossible undertaking. Your hard work...
Some of the workers have power grinders to help take the paint off the railings. Some are battery powered while some are electric powered. If you have an...
In my newest volume (No. 6-"Ironman") I have posted ten new photographs of Rick's amazing move at the Tod Engine Heritage Park in Youngstown, Ohio. After a...
No Jim, but I wish I had. Seeing this engine put together again was really something special. What an effort. At first, I thought they we not going to be able...
Jim T. Please accept the request of a mere mortal and ne'er-do-well steelworker of some 42 years service. I find that I am not worthy to soil the electronic...
Ken, Jim, Ray, and to whom it may concern, Will you guys just knock it off ! I don't care to waste my time reading your personality disputes. Please take the...
Dear Dave Ayers, I don't believe any flaming (whatever that is) is going on here! All list members, unless they are moderated (which there are very few), have ...
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