Wheeler Wilson Factory - Scientific American Magazine May 3rd, 1879
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I brought the size of these down as close to 800x600 as I could, sorry...
These woodcut images are from the May 3rd edition of Scientific American Magazine. There is a HUGE write up on the factory in it. I have a scanned copy that I am attempting to OCR the whole article from, but that will take some time to get right and accurate, so in the meantime I am uploading these amazing "shots" as teasers. Each one says in the lower corner what it is as well. Main Machine Room [ATTACH=CONFIG]424461[/ATTACH] Assembly Room [ATTACH=CONFIG]424462[/ATTACH] Case Making Room [ATTACH=CONFIG]424463[/ATTACH] Grooving the needles (WOW!) [ATTACH=CONFIG]424464[/ATTACH] Punching the Needle Eyes (wow, wow!) [ATTACH=CONFIG]424465[/ATTACH] I printed these large and will be staring at them for days trying to pick out details.... |
No safety glasses...
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Originally Posted by miriam
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No safety glasses...
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The above worker's work garb is somewhat different to today's, and grooving needles and punching out the eyes individually (and manually) is just incredible.
Where did you get the magazine Steve? |
Fantastic; keep it coming!
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Awesome!!!!
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These are amazing pictures, thanks for sharing Steve!
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I also noticed the lack of safety glasses and the attire. It was a different time and place. I wonder what the workers were paid at that time and how many were employed at the factory? Does the magazine article mention that Steve?
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I have 3 pages of OCR'd gobbledygook. I have the first page fixed to original text (not "correct", just original)
Should I just post the text here a bit at a time? or make the .TXT or .DOC or .PDF available? Thoughts? |
Originally Posted by SteveH
(Post 6183813)
I have 3 pages of OCR'd gobbledygook. I have the first page fixed to original text (not "correct", just original)
Should I just post the text here a bit at a time? or make the .TXT or .DOC or .PDF available? Thoughts? |
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