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Falk Employee with a Steel Spur Gear

Date: 03 31 1905
Description: An unidentified Falk employee stands next to a large Steel Spur Gear. The sign in the photograph reads: "Cast Steel Spur Gear. Made by The Falk Co. Milwauk...
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Falk Employees

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Description: Five Falk employees stand inside the foundry. They stand among various gears and machinery. In the background, two more employees are visible. Original Fal...
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Men in Foundry

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Description: Several Falk employees at work in the machine shop where nearly each man attends to a piece of machinery. Original Falk caption reads, "Centennial historic...
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Welding of a Boring Mill

Date: 04 14 1956
Description: Two men simultaneously weld. According to an original Falk caption, "rough weight. 72000 pound est.-Unit was rough machine to with [sic]. 1/4 inch o...
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Two Men Packaging Vacuum Chuck

Date: 04 14 1956
Description: View of the manufacturing process of vacuum chucks. Used for skin milling, this particular order, according to an original Falk caption, "covers four dupli...
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Shipping Shield

Date: 06 06 1958
Description: A male employee stands next to a large shipping shield. This shield was purchased by Stearns-Rogers and used by Westinghouse. Original Falk caption reads, ...
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Transporting a Shipping Shield

Date: 10 08 1958
Description: Two male employees help transport a shipping shield. This shield was purchased by Stearns-Roger Company and used by Westinghouse. Original Falk caption rea...
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Split Ring Gear

Date: 09 15 1966
Description: Falk caption reads, "Photos of ring gear to be displayed at the Association of Iron and Steel Engineers (AISE) show in Cleveland, Ohio, September 26th thro...
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Secondary Unit

Date: 05 17 1967
Description: BOF drive that was later purchased by Chicago Bridge and Iron Company and used by Crucible Steel of Midland, Pennsylvania. Falk caption reads, "Bull gear i...
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Support Propeller Shaft

Date: 08 15 1967
Description: A roll on/roll off freighter is shown and was later purchased by Sun Shipbuilding. Falk caption reads, "Half strut for 646 single screw-roll on/roll off fr...
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Large Bull Gear

Date: 05 1968
Description: Bull gear for a large shaft mounted BOF drive. Falk caption reads, "Finish cutting on Schiess hobber in Shop 4. Male employee in photograph is Erv Schneide...
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Split Ring Gear

Date: 09 31 1968
Description: Split ring gear that is a component of a rod mill that was purchased by ACC-Vickers-Babcock Limited and then exported to India. Falk caption reads, "215 in...
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Large Split Ring Gear

Date: 10 31 1968
Description: Split ring gear that was a later component of a rod mill was purchased by ACC-Vickers-Babcock Limited and exported to India. Original Falk caption reads, "...
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Pinion Marine Gear Unit

Date: 05 07 1969
Description: Pinion marine gear unit that served as a component for a Great Lakes Ore Carrier. This product was later purchased by General Motors-Electro Motive Divisio...
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High Speed Gear Unit

Date: 07 25 1969
Description: High speed gear unit that acts as a component in a gas turbine test-stand drive. This product was purchased and used by the Allison Division of the General...
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Planetary Gear Drive

Date: 07 23 1969
Description: Two Falk employees, Walt Drobkia on the right and Norb Winski on the left, attend to a planetary gear drive that is a component of a centrifuge. This produ...
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Large Speed Increaser

Date: 06 23 1971
Description: Special speed increaser on the factory floor. This product was purchased by Allis Chalmers and used by the United States Corps of Engineers. Falk caption r...
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Open Gearing

Date: 06 13 1972
Description: This product was purchased by Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Company-Australia Limited and used by Mt. Tsu. Falk caption reads, "Assembled gearing showing 1/...
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Component of a Kiln

Date: 02 19 1974
Description: Kiln component that was purchased by F.L. Smidth and used by Dundee Cement Company of Clarksville Missouri. Falk caption reads, "1029-A46 copied by Bracket...
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Gear Coupling with Special Spacer Hub

Date: 07 15 1974
Description: Gear coupling that was purchased by A.G McKee and Company and used by Fior De Venezuela of South America. Falk caption reads, "Iron ore briquette roll driv...

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