Some heavy iron.
Jun 25, 2015 01:28:28 #
Don't know what it is. I just saw it on this flat car near the old steel mill.
Jun 25, 2015 05:17:43 #
Jun 25, 2015 09:25:53 #
It's simply a large cylindrical cogwheel. By the size of it, my guess is that it was designed for heavy industry, such as for the gear system of a large mining drill or maybe a waterway dam.
Sitting on a flatbead in rusty condition, perhaps it's on its final journey - to be melted down as scrap metal.
Sitting on a flatbead in rusty condition, perhaps it's on its final journey - to be melted down as scrap metal.
Jun 25, 2015 11:54:02 #
Jun 26, 2015 06:20:49 #
chazz4623
Loc: Prairieville, La
Could be half of a pair used to crush some very hard substance, like granite hard coal. Anthracite?? I forget...
Jun 26, 2015 08:54:01 #
Hal81 wrote:
Don't know what it is. I just saw it on this flat car near the old steel mill.
Hal, my best guess would be it's a component of an ore crushing machine.
Nice catch.
--Bob
Jun 26, 2015 09:51:42 #
rmalarz wrote:
Hal, my best guess would be it's a component of an ore crushing machine.
Nice catch.
--Bob
Nice catch.
--Bob
I agree, but it could have been for any large chunks! In use it would be one of a pair, but they were not close enough to mesh. The ore (or stone) would be crushed between them and the coarseness of the "product" would have depended upon the space between the crushing wheels.
Jun 26, 2015 11:07:29 #
Whatever it is, it's cool!! And heavy too from the sag in that flat car! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :D :D
Jun 26, 2015 11:28:23 #
DickC wrote:
Whatever it is, it's cool!! And heavy too from the sag in that flat car! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :D :D
Just think of the machine that manufactures that part.
--Bob
Jun 26, 2015 11:33:44 #
rmalarz wrote:
Just think of the machine that manufactures that part.
--Bob
--Bob
It was a serious machine for sure, along with the crane that picked it up!! :mrgreen:
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