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if you like bridge building, Ive posted this before and its how they made the sydney harbour bridge
and how they made the steel to make the bridge
and how they made the steel to make the bridge
FROM RAW MATERIAL TO FINISHED PRODUCT
Industrial film produced in 1932 that records the process of steel production, from the quarrying of ironstone and limestone to the manufacture of steel a...
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where was that Tom?
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My dad used to work at British Ropes that made wires and cables for suspension bridges. He worked in the tempering vats where the wires were drawn to their final diameter then pulled through molten vat of lead. His arms where a mass of scars where hot wires had whipped. But they did give him a bottle of milk to counteract the lead poisoning 
He told me that they used to sprinkle bags of asbestos onto the lead to keep the heat in, double
He told me that they used to sprinkle bags of asbestos onto the lead to keep the heat in, double
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how old was he before he passed and was he in good healthMy dad used to work at British Ropes that made wires and cables for suspension bridges. He worked in the tempering vats where the wires were drawn to their final diameter then pulled through molten vat of lead. His arms where a mass of scars where hot wires had whipped. But they did give him a bottle of milk to counteract the lead poisoning
He told me that they used to sprinkle bags of asbestos onto the lead to keep the heat in, double
Beachley AAC Chepstow ,,, that was many years ago , the strange thing about living under ,,, actually about 50 m away from the bridge is just how used to it you get ,,, on the rare occasions that the traffic is stopped on the bridge , the silence is deafening , the plant sheds were actually under the bridge, a few other small buildings were too ,,,
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He corked it in his early 80s, much older than I thought he would attain. Although he had emphysema, amongst other ailments, it was complications from a stroke that got him. He didn't do much workshop wise for the last 5 to 10 years, due to I'll health, the last thing I helped him with was putting the fine threads of his Velocette Venom's clutch on while fighting the clutch springs.how old was he before he passed and was he in good health
I don't think smoking Park Drive ciggies until he was about 40 helped
