Sunday, February 05, 2017

1927, steam shovel assisting in the excavation of a train tunnel... the photo says that it used compressed air instead of overheating the miners with making and releasing steam

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  1. Anonymous7:19 PM

    Read the text in the photo "steam shovel operated by air". There will be a line to a compressor somewhere.

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  2. I also read the text on the photo "Main borxxx qn.ay new 8 mile tunnel"... I am confused how you came to conclude that it was a coal mine, when the link only talks about the tunnel?
    This is a photo of men digging the "New" Cascade Tunnel which opened in 1929.

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    1. I see... good catch! I made the mistake of following along with the narrative of the website this was clipped from http://www.blackdiamondnow.net/black-diamond-now/page/33/ and if you click on that page, you see why I was thinking darn near everything was coal related. Thanks for the correction!

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  3. The chap in the white shirt and overalls must be the supervisor :-)

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