Welding a Big Ring, 1904
Welding a Big Ring, 1904
Team of metalworkers forge-welding a big ring using fire and both mechanical and manual hammers. Filmed at the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The ring may be part of a generator. FOR BACKGROUND INFO SEE NOTE IN "MORE INFO"
Welding a Big Ring, 1904
Team of workers holding edge of a large ring in a fire; ring is hanging from chains in a horizontal position. They lift the ring out of the fire. Four men (some standing on the ring itself) hammer the glowing hot area on the ring whilst the others hold it as still as possible. They put the ring into the fire again, take it out, and pull it over to a machine which continuously hammers down on that area of the ring.
Welding a Big Ring, 1904
The workers move the large ring away from pounding machine, lower it onto benches (it is still suspended from chains) and hammer it themselves.