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

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