Amazing footage, thanks for sharing! Turning the playback speed down to .75 is about right for the activity of the workers. Besides, it makes the film last longer, too!
But Lima Locomotive Works produced something tangible with pride. When I person sees a piece of machinery like that, it makes a person proud. Plus, you get paid too.
Excellent thanks for sharing, even the Company Shay switcher!
Some have commented about the dust and dirt in this plant. But for me, it's the level of noise that comes to mind.
Amazing footage, thanks for sharing! Turning the playback speed down to .75 is about right for the activity of the workers. Besides, it makes the film last longer, too!
5:26 Illinois Central Railroad mikado 1970.
very nice, only complaint would be the lighting, almost broke my gadget trying to see a little closer in, on the details.
They were clearly shooting using just available light. Plus the decayed film and the mediocre digitization doesn't help.
Sidebar: After the plant closed, Crown Lift Trucks (fork lifts) took it over. They later built a new factory in New Bremen, Ohio.
Build me one guys
Yes, me too!
Music suggests Societ Union?
I chose the Bartered Bride because it was the right length more than anything else.
Bedřich Smetana is a Czech author from the 19th century. otherwise very interesting channel.
Ha... 100 years ago...
Which Americans today would want a job working under those conditions?
No different today, who would bend over in the hot sunshine fields picking, so we can have fresh veggie's.
Those were good jobs. The work was varied. The pay supported a family.
I guess it depends on how hungry you get
But Lima Locomotive Works produced something tangible with pride. When I person sees a piece of machinery like that, it makes a person proud. Plus, you get paid too.
Welders and machinists. And there are still structural steel fabricating shops with similar working conditions.