Ship Nostalgia - Engine Building at William Doxford and Sons

[Starlight Tools]

Here is some interesting pictures of building ship engines at William Doxford and Sons

http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/William_Doxford_and_Sons

Not the differences in safety gear then as oppossed to now.

Walter

 

[churchjw]

Incredible images thanks for posting the link. Those old huge machines are fascinating. Would love to see them in real life.

Jeff

 

[irishwoodsman]

better keep your toe's tucked away in safe area lol:biggrin:

 

[pdentrem]

Pretty impressive.

Remains me of the workshop at Dominion Engineering in Lachine Quebec, when we took a tour, years ago before being sold to the Chinese by GE. Empty building today=no jobs.

 

[irishwoodsman]

bigest things i ever seen was them rats in them gran barges, i would strike a arc to weld and all you seen was these rats the size of a beagle lol:biggrin:

 

[irishwoodsman]

think how much oil this pumped:biggrin:

 

[Hawkeye]

Thanks, Walter. Very impressive. Those curls from the vertical shaper are huge.

 

[ScrapMetal]

Now THAT'S a boring bar! My lathe feels so small now....



Wonder what kind of tolerances they had? :biggrin:

-Ron

 

[Max_Power]

Man! That wheelbarrow is built like a tank! Todd

 

[reds]

I once saw a 2 cylinder diesel out of a ship, being taken to a school.

The road to the school was was 20' wide and the engine took up most of it