~Retiring a locomotive driver wheel in the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railway locomotive shops, Shopton, near Fort Madison, Iowa. The tire is heated by means of gas until it can be slipped over the wheel. Contraction on cooling will hold it firmly in place. Santa Fe R.R.
1943 March ~ Library of Congress pics
What a cool picture! It tugs at my artistic side...I adore working with/shaping metal. Unfortunately, circumstances as they are, I don't get to play as I'd like.
A Day in the Life of Serena
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Tina Fey
The author of Bossypants was born on this day in 1970.
~Ha! Too true.~
I once watched a show about a metal artist who used blow torches... wow, would I have like to try that. Too bad for me, it just wasn't possible at the time.
ReplyDeleteOh cool! Blow torches would be awesome... I love welding and I think the old blacksmith way would be incredible to try. Unfortunately, my lungs put up to much of a fight these days. :(
ReplyDeleteWhich also lets me out of glass-blowing. Bugger, that is another fascinating craft. :)
Omygosh, long ago I watched a show on some famous glass blower artist. It was absolutely extraordinary. Yeah, I don't think my lungs would tolerate it, either. But it sure would have been neat to try.
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