Photos of All Things Mechanical

Thought I'd start a new thread. How about shots of anything mechanical? Photos of glorious cars would be a shoe in but planes, trains, motorcycles, and war machines would also work. Here's my first, an M-60 tank down at the Huntsville Veterans' Museum in Huntsville, AL

Here's the Ticonderoga's engine control panel. Welcome to the age of steam...

Bob L. said:

Here's the Ticonderoga's engine control panel. Welcome to the age of steam...

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Awesome! A great photo of something very very unique. This is exactly what I was looking to start! Thank you!!

Not mine, but awesome. http://i.imgur.com/FchCi.gif

not mine

My motorcycle in front of my neighbor's Air Tractor crop duster. Yes, he's cooler than me.....

WWII motocycle. Huntsville Veteran's Museum.

Lawrence Mills Power Transfer Exhibit - Or, How to Get Power to the Looms...



The teeth in the left hand gear are made of wood. That allows for easy replacement when something causes the drive train to clench up. These gears are several feet tall and weigh many, many tons.

Bob L. said:

Lawrence Mills Power Transfer Exhibit - Or, How to Get Power to the Looms...

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The teeth in the left hand gear are made of wood. That allows for easy replacement when something causes the drive train to clench up. These gears are several feet tall and weigh many, many tons.

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Now that is some serious machinery! Great shot.

Another shot from the WWII Museum in NOLA

They definitely don't make 'em like they used to, do they?

This is a scan of a shot I took at the rededication of the Statue of Liberty. The camera was an old Kodak Instamatic. I was a trumpet player in the Navy Band Washington DC and we were giving a concert on the deck of the USS John F. Kennedy for the "Parade of the Tall Ships." Here is the USS Iowa with President Reagan on board. This dreadnought is a pretty complex mechanical device IMHO. Sorry for then quality but it brings back fond memories.