Interior of Starr Arms Factory

Mike Serpa

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For a little more about Starr -
http://www.american-firearms.com/am...-S/Starr Arms Company/Starr Arms Company.html
 
Great photo. Thanks for sharing.
 
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This is a great example of a contemporary, steam-driven industrial shop. A single steam engine turns an overhead shaft, and myriad lathes, milling machines and other pieces of equipment are connected to the shaft by leather belts, on wheels of differing diameters to control the speed of the equipment. And none of these moving, spinning parts is shielded. It's an OSHA nightmare.
 
What is stacked 5X5 at the lower left? Can anyone read the name on the lathe stand? ? BROS. NEWARK, N.J.
 
I once worked in a machine shop that still had the overhead shafts and belt drive mechanism still in place. It had been used in the early 20th century to as late as WW2. I am not sure if it was in place and in use before the advent of electric generator drive, though.
 
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