And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sunday, May 9, 2021
Powerhouse, Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa), 1950
Nordberg 11-Cylinder Radial Stationary Engines at the Aluminum Company of America installation, Port Lavaca, Texas
I'll bet they used a lot of gasoline!
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More detail on these interesting engines at Nordberg Radial Stationary Engine.
ReplyDeletegeez and that poor guy with no hearing protection. Had to be deafening.
ReplyDeleteWhat's that you said?
DeleteI doubt anyone wore hearing protection back in the day. I know I wish I had done it more. Now.
Same here. High pitched sounds no longer exists in my world.
DeleteHigh pitched sounds exist in my world, all the time.
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