Photos Of Old Workshop 100 Years Ago

fantastic.. Imagine being able to take a shop tour during the day..
Thanks for sharing
 
Look at all the guarding around the flying belts! Modern safety inspectors would have a heart attack.
Pierre
 
You can almost smell the grease, cutting oil, and cigarette smoke. :)

Ballsy of those guys working that close to cast iron without much protection. Some big honkin' cores in those castings, too. Wonder if they were sodium silicate bonded or what method was used to bind them.
 
Wow! Just Wow!

Thanks for sharing.
-brino
 
great pictures of an era gone by.
thanks for the picture link!!!
 
Here is a workshop back in approximately 1930. Williams Gold in Fort Erie Ontario. They were also the makers of Williams Warblers fishing lures. Note that the lineshafts are still in use but the belts have wooden covers at the machines. There is also some more pointed protection in place as well.
Pierre williams gold.jpg
 
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