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Mike Piersa
 Post subject: Textile Mill Photos
PostPosted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:50 pm 
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Here are sample images from this album:
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Combustion Engineering built boiler:
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Suspended Coal Car - used to deliver coal from the hopper to boilers
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Loom
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Loom
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Back of the boiler:
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Loom with OSHA guards:
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Bobbin holders:
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Spiral roller conveyor:
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Stock Room:
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Pins in the employee bowling alley:
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Bowling lane:
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Stock Room shelves:
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Jacquard Punch Cards. These cards controlled the looms. The hole patterns translated into specific designs woven into the fabric:
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Jacquard card storage room:
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Rotary (?) Telephone
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Chris
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:01 pm 
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wow mike those are some cool shots of that place. ive always wanted to go for a tour of that place. youre gonna have to take us, now that you know your way around and such :wink:

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AMAZING! :shock: i like the one of the silouette of the guy in the bowling alley
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Chris
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yea the ghost hunters are gonna be all over that one...... :roll: :roll:

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Miner Mike
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Nice pictures Mike. Is this mill being preserved or just in decent shape for now?

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Chris
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as far as i know there is no plans for preservation, its just sitting there. mike may know otherwise.

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Mike Piersa
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I'm not sure what the future holds for the mill. Certain pieces were marked for preservation by a local group, so it looks like a good sampling of the machinery will be preserved somehow.
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Mike,
Where exactly is this mill?

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Chris
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sorry scott because of forum rules, legality and safety we can not give away locations to structures or mines....... :roll: :wink:

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Miner Greg
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Very good shots Mike! Its amazing the place looks so untouched for not being officially preserved in any way.

Hopefully they can preserve the buildings intact, not just splitting up the machinery to different organizations.

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Those are awecome shots !!!! Lived " near" there all my life and only heard stories about what was inside. Now I actually got to see. AWESOME !!! Now to stir things up a bit ( in a comical and curious way) I " heard" there were tunnells under the place simular to the ones under the DL&W loco. shops and yard. ( steamtown) Any truth to that anyone ?
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