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Post by BuckSkin on Mar 1, 2022 4:00:00 GMT
I believe the next two pictures are the MayPole Game. I had not seen nor thought of a Maypole in many years; does anyone know the point of the game ? does everyone go round in the same direction ? In a time before decent post-hole diggers, someone had to dig an awfully deep hole for the pole; else, they would have root-wadded the pole. |
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Post by Inspeqtor on Mar 1, 2022 5:01:13 GMT
I’m really enjoying this trip through history I am really glad to hear this Janice! Thank you so much!! |
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Post by Inspeqtor on Mar 1, 2022 5:11:17 GMT
Do you know which/where bridge this is and does it still exist ? You Rail Road people will have fun with this next picture!!! It looks like the builders ignored the angle of repose and a landslide has covered the uppermost track and significantly damaged the center one. I have to wonder if the two are diverging routes; or, is each track a rerouting of the previous track. As for the bridge in Scan 003-b sorry I have no idea where it was built or if it is still in existence. Yes the rails in the one picture were not built to today's standards at all! Are these tracks still in use today? I sure hope not!!!! |
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Post by Inspeqtor on Mar 1, 2022 5:13:57 GMT
I believe the next two pictures are the MayPole Game. I had not seen nor thought of a Maypole in many years; does anyone know the point of the game ? does everyone go round in the same direction ? In a time before decent post-hole diggers, someone had to dig an awfully deep hole for the pole; else, they would have root-wadded the pole. |
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Post by Inspeqtor on Mar 3, 2022 13:24:06 GMT
More from Albert's photos How did Albert get THIS HIGH in the SKY?  Scan 014-b by inspeqtor, on Flickr Maybe THIS is how Albert did it!
 Scan 018-a by inspeqtor, on Flickr 
Scan 019-b by inspeqtor, on Flickr This is a pretty good sized Gear!! But what was it used for?!?!?! Scan 021-b by inspeqtor, on Flickr Nice Waterfall shot!!
 Scan 023-a by inspeqtor, on Flickr Washington Monument!! Scan 023-b by inspeqtor, on Flickr  Scan 026-a by inspeqtor, on Flickr  Scan 028-d by inspeqtor, on Flickr Here is the actual shutter f/stop numbers on the Pony Premo No.4 Camera
 Pony01 by inspeqtor, on Flickr Below is a crop of the above photo
 Pony02 by inspeqtor, on Flickr The numbers above the lens reading left to right, 1 - 2 - 5 - 25 - 100 Then to the far right is B and T
Below the lens is the f/stop numbers 128 64 32 16 and 8 with a line past 8 maybe 6?? |
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Post by BuckSkin on Mar 3, 2022 17:14:07 GMT
You have this picture posted twice. This is a pretty good sized Gear!! But what was it used for?!?!?!Scan 021-b by inspeqtor, on Flickr Just like the rear-end in your truck, that is a Ring & Pinion. The large beveled gear is the Ring Gear and you can see the Pinion sticking through the wall up high on the right. This set of gears makes a right-angle change in the direction of rotation; ...just like the rear-end of any sensible vehicle that has a drive-shaft. In this particular case, that is a Water-powered Turbine. The boy is standing on the Turbine. Instead of the huge standing Water Wheel that makes such good Courier & Ives pictures - and needs no Ring & Pinion as it is already spinning the Line Shaft in the proper orientation - water fills the chamber that we see and escapes through the blades the boy is standing on; if enough volume of water is in the chamber trying to get out through the Turbine, it will spin the blades and therefore spin the shaft. This is exactly how the Turbines in a big hydro-electric dam work. In use, the big gear is going to spin as if it were a record on a record player, laying flat; the turbine's shaft through the big gear will be coming through the mill floor vertically. Vertically is what you want for a Grist Mill; but, it is not very easy to keep the huge flat belts of the day on a pulley that is horizontal; the belt will tend to walk off the bottom. Put a lip on the pulley to prevent the belt walking off and then it will eat up the edge of the belt. So, you employ a Ring & Pinion to change this vertical rotation to a horizontal rotation. Now, spinning horizontally, you can turn a Line Shaft that can be as long as the building, or even longer, and power an entire factory full of machines. Turbines such as these were used where you couldn't get the water high enough to go over the top of a Water Wheel. A Turbine requires a high water volume; but, it does not require near the drop required to operate a Water Wheel. So, those huge buildings you see built in or against a creek, if they don't have one of those picturesque Water Wheels, they more than likely have one of these Turbine water chambers hidden inside. |
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Post by Inspeqtor on Mar 3, 2022 18:20:44 GMT
BuckSkin,
Thank you very much! You are such a knowledgeable person in so many different areas, this forum is blessed to have you here to help explain so many different things in our lives!
Again I do thank you!!
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Post by BuckSkin on Mar 3, 2022 19:21:37 GMT
Regarding the Turbine chamber, notice the notch in the wall, up high on the left; I suspect that is for yet a second Pinion so that the Ring Gear can spin two horizontal shafts.
If enough water is coming through there, there is no reason, other than the limitations of the building, that there could not be yet two more Pinions at right angles to the existing possible two.
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Post by Chris on Mar 3, 2022 20:12:21 GMT
I have learned a lot of interesting history following this thread. I am impressed that the Pony Premo No 4. Camera that Albert used has F64 and F128. I have a modern Canon Macro lens that has F32, but I have never seen any F-Number higher than that!
I just did a bit of Googling and found out that large format cameras have smaller apertures. This is because the larger the format, the shallower the depth of field (probably due to the longer focal length lenses needed to get the same angle of view). So they need smaller apertures to get the same depth of field that can be achieved with smaller format cameras with larger apertures. While very smaller apertures would be diffraction limiting for a small format camera, they are not so noticeable for a large format camera. I read that an 8x10 negative taken at f64 will have similar diffraction effects compared to a 35mm negative taken at f8 and printed at 8x10.
Kind regards
Chris
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Post by Inspeqtor on Mar 4, 2022 13:14:09 GMT
 Scan 034-a by inspeqtor, on Flickr On the Cab it says: "BALANCED COMPOUND NO. 1"
On the BACK TANK it says: "PROPERTY OF C. E. PLATT" - Below that I THINK it says "THEATRE" But THAT does not make any sense.
Any other guesses? Scan 036-a by inspeqtor, on Flickr  Scan 038-d by inspeqtor, on Flickr  Scan 037-b by inspeqtor, on Flickr Could this possibly be a presidential hopeful traveling across the USA trying to get votes?!?!?!?!
 Scan 039-a by inspeqtor, on Flickr A little closer view of same train.....
Gala Train Car by inspeqtor, on Flickr 
Scan 039-b by inspeqtor, on Flickr  Scan 041-a by inspeqtor, on Flickr  Scan 041-c by inspeqtor, on Flickr I think this photo is a bit comical!  Scan 042-a by inspeqtor, on Flickr  Scan 043-a by inspeqtor, on Flickr 
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Post by BuckSkin on Mar 4, 2022 17:47:28 GMT
On the Cab it says: "BALANCED COMPOUND NO. 1" On the BACK TANK it says: "PROPERTY OF C. E. PLATT" - Below that I THINK it says "THEATRE" But THAT does not make any sense. Any other guesses? I have studied this closely and I cannot see the rails; it looks as if the locomotive is just sitting on the ground and backed against a tree, which seems impossible considering the weight. I have thus far had no success in finding any information about the locomotive; I did find one reference in Locomotive periodical to a C.E.Platt who was a boiler inspector for an insurance company. Am I the only one who is not seeing any rails underneath this locomotive ? |
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Post by hmca on Mar 4, 2022 19:11:31 GMT
Am I the only one who is not seeing any rails underneath this locomotive ? As I have mentioned before, your discerning eye notices things that I didn't see until you point them out. You are correct about the tracks. It makes me wonder if it was on display somewhere, and much as it would today, has gotten the attention of the young boys/men of the area. |
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Post by Inspeqtor on Mar 5, 2022 12:01:31 GMT
On the Cab it says: "BALANCED COMPOUND NO. 1" On the BACK TANK it says: "PROPERTY OF C. E. PLATT" - Below that I THINK it says "THEATRE" But THAT does not make any sense. Any other guesses? I have studied this closely and I cannot see the rails; it looks as if the locomotive is just sitting on the ground and backed against a tree, which seems impossible considering the weight. I have thus far had no success in finding any information about the locomotive; I did find one reference in Locomotive periodical to a C.E.Platt who was a boiler inspector for an insurance company. Am I the only one who is not seeing any rails underneath this locomotive ? I totally agree with you as I also do not see any tracks or rails on the ground. It makes no cents/sense to me why that would have done this. |
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Post by Inspeqtor on Mar 5, 2022 12:19:04 GMT
The boy on the left sure has a mean look on his face!!! LOL!! To me I do NOT see any rails on the ground!!  |
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Post by Inspeqtor on Mar 5, 2022 12:25:10 GMT
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