RE: old machinery

[bearbvd@domain.elided (Greg Hermann)]

>Jarrod wrote:
>> Ah!You should work where I work.I'm a lift(elevator) mechanic.I love
>> working on the really old gear.Some of their electro-mechanical ways of
>> getting around limited technology are truly works of art.Anyone who's
>> seen a 1930's Otis floor selector(stands about 5' high)will know what I
>> mean.
>> And they actually *pay* me to fiddle around with this stuff!
>
>That would be fun.  We had an old department store here in Colorado Springs
>that just closed.  It had all original equipment from the 30s & 40s.  The
>elevator was designed to use an attendant, etc.  Hopefully, somebody with a
>cool sense of taste will open it back up and save all that stuff!  Heck,
>move a library wing into it!
>
>There's a place in nebraska, I think, where they've got the biggest
>collection of vintage 20th century machinary in the US.  I've got a big
>article about it in one of my Science & Technology magazines.  They've got
>warehouses full of ag, kitchen, etc machinery from every decade of this
>century!  I got to get a chance to see that.  The Henry Ford museum is also
>quite good.
>
>I wonder if there's a good place around Colorado to see really old IHs?
>Tractors or trucks.  Anyone know?
>
The Museum of Science and Industry , north of Chicago is fantastic, and the
Forney Transportation Museum in Denver is well worth a trip.

Regards, Greg