Iron Miners
It is currently Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:23 am

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 1 post ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: Model Hoists
PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 10:25 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:08 pm
Posts: 632
Location: Poconos/Lehigh Valley
I was at the Navy Museum and the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, DC recently and noticed that there was a wide variety of hoists featured on the model ships displayed at those museums. Although maritime in nature, it was not unusual for surplus hoists to be sold to coal mines after the ships were retired. The full album of hoist models are online here:
http://news.webshots.com/album/577440965tuhnUj
and here are some samples:
Image
Electric hoist with trolley style controller

Image
Double drum steam hoist

Image
Worm gear driven steam hoist

Image
Steam driven anchor windlass

Image
Double drum hoist with tandem drums of different sizes driven by a vertical steam engine


Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 1 post ] 

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 90 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
cron
Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group