They are huge, not sure all of what was made here, but the nearby Watervliet Arsenal made large gun barrels for the U.S. Navy. They were famous for the manufacturing of the 16" barrel. See the attached link, they have some displays on the premises. I am very familiar with this place, having made deliveries there for 4 years. We supplied all the lumber to stock their internal lumber yard for the dunnage, crating/packing of guns being manufactured. I've been in most of the manufacturing buildings in this arsenal, its an amazing place. Always made me worry because I am sure its a high profile target, maybe more so in recent times, it survived attempts to have it closed. I was the only person from the lumberyard that was allowed in there, well it seems the other driver had a dishonorable discharge, not allowed on any U.S. Military base, he was a great guy, as was his son who, he admitted he went awol, paid his debt too, so I made all the deliveries, they were a regular customer too, I would pick up from local and out of town mills for what they needed and the U.S. government specified top grade lumber for everything. They had this incredible remote operated warehouse, thick plywood, like 2" or better, plates that were on rollers, and they would get sent out into the warehouse with whatever it was, it would place it onto one of the tall warehouse racks, all automated, that was almost 30 years ago now.
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Today's Featured Article - Harvestin Hay: The Early Years (Part 2) - by Pat Browning. The summer of 1950 was the start of a new era in farming for our family. I was thirteen, and Kathy (my oldest sister) was seven. At this age, I believed tractor farming was the only way, hot stuff -- and given a chance I probably would have used the tractor, Dad's first, a 1936 Model "A" John Deere, to go bring in the cows! And I think Dad was ready for some automation too. And so it was that we acquired a good, used J. I. Case, wire tie hay baler. In addition to a person to drive th
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