Machinery (Construction Machinery Page)
River Station Construction Machinery
Smith steam powered concrete mixer
Elevated delivery ramp to Smith steam powered concrete mixer
Erie steam powered crane loading the concrete mixer
Cribbing supported & stiff-legged, this derrick & boom (rotatable) moves concrete into position using steam power
A steam powered and elevated concrete mixer with ground mounted & cable guyed, derrick and boom
Horse drawn concrete delivery wagon on std gauge RR tracks under stationary steam powered concrete mixer
Elevating concrete to the delivery platform for the vertical pour
Engine from O. S. Kelly in Springfield, Ohio
Engine from O. S. Kelly in Springfield, Ohio powering concrete production
Barge mounted steam powered concrete mixing operation (under construction) for use at the intake pier
Concrete mixing barge has its roof under construction
Front - concrete mixing; Middle - Packet Boat Hudson under full steam; Background - River Station construction
"Steams Up", barge mounted and steam powered concrete mixing begins
Dual rail and ballasted steam powered derrick and boom follow the rail mounted and steam powered concrete mixer
Dual rail and stiff-legged derrick & boom steam powered hoist
Core sampling, F.M. Watkins Mfg. Co. engine powers a C.F. Preslar boring apparatus from Preslar-Crawley Mfg. Co, Norwood, Ohio
From C.F. Preslar patent drawings, 1902. They were absorbed in 1906 by the Cyclone Drilling Machine Co, Orrville, OH
C.F. Preslar boring apparatus gearing and boring heads. (renamed the Cyclone Drill Co.)
Barge mounted core sampling rig powered by an F.M. Watkins Mfg. Co. engine, Baymiller & 6th St. Cincinnati, OH
Close-up for the compressed air boring operation
Portable steam powered C.F. Preslar boring apparatus
6-person coach transports engineers to construction sites, note photographers shadow in the foreground
2-person buggy
Buggy accident
Buggy accident
Air powered pneumatic wood drill at River Station
Air powered pneumatic wood drilling crew at River Station
Drilling caisson deck for engine mounting bolts
Incoming supplies by rail
Unloading rail delivered 60 inch cast iron pipe
60 inch cast iron pipe storage
Installing 60 inch gate valves using a stiff-legged derrick & boom, steam powered hoist
Nudging a 60 inch gate valve into position using block & tackle rigging
Rail delivery for a 60 inch cast iron angled wye pipe
Steam powered crane falls from tracks
Close-up for the steam powered crane accident
Transportable welding unit, 1939
Two transportable welding units, 1939
Pneumatic pile driving using a 2-person, steam powered, track drive, Erie crane, 1939, view-1
Pneumatic pile driving using a 2-person, steam powered, track drive, Erie crane, 1939, view-2
Pneumatic pile driving using a 2-person, steam powered, track drive, Erie crane, 1939, view-3
Pneumatic pile driving using a 2-person, steam powered, track drive, Erie crane, 1939, view-4
Pneumatic pile driving using a 2-person, steam powered, track drive, Erie crane, 1939, view-5
Dual drum steam Donkey used to pull rail mounted and side-loaded, dump cars
Hoisting station uses steam powered multi-cable hoisting drums at river Station
Rotatable separator, water storage tank and incoming sand for mortar production at River Station
Sand washing & scrubbing for mortar production at River Station
Timber built pile driver rolls on pipe from position to position
Lifting platform made in Cleveland, Ohio used to hoist bricks and stone block
Dual clamshell used to remove soil from the floor of the stand pipe
River Station Construction Machinery
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