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Posted by Billy NY on October 30, 2006 at 17:43:54 from (64.12.116.202):
In Reply to: Extreme size welding posted by 135 Fan on October 30, 2006 at 01:34:14:
This post reminded me of the shop next to the lumber yard where I used to work 20 years ago, both still in business, I always thought it was an amazing shop, have seen some large vessels come out of there. I remember when the old man Ed,(pictured in the site) was still there, everyday, in his dark blue work clothes, must have been in his 80's then. Nice people, whenever my flatbed dump body needed work, one of their guys would always do the welding right away. Most business's like these left this once great industrial city, glad they survived. Those 16" guns, shown on the USS Iowa were manufactured nearby, at the Watervliet Arsenal, I'm not sure if they were fabricated completely at this location, from raw material or not, but can tell you the finished product most certainly rolled off the production line here. I found an old railroad photo of one of these on it's way to the arsenal, might have been smaller, was way before WWII but it was headed to the shop for machining I believe, lots of people gathered at the bridge to watch the train haul it across. I used to deliver to the arsenal, it's an amazing facility, lucky it has not been closed, a neighbor by the farm works there, used to be a busy place, been there since the early 1800's, some manufacturing capabilities: http://www.wva.army.mil/MFG.HTM
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