Another newspaper "bulldozer"
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Most 'journalists' today don't know a bulldozer from a Lexus.
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Most journalists today would be dead if breathing wasn't on autopilot.
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Here's a bulldozer in use...
Link to a really high res version of the same picture.
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Link to a really high res version of the same picture.
Shorpy Historical Picture Archive :: The Blacksmiths: 1904 high-resolution photo
Full-size version of vintage photo showing: Despatch, New York, circa 1904. "Blacksmith shop, Merchants' Despatch Transportation Co." Operations of the refrigerated rail freight line in what is now East Rochester. Panorama of two 8x10 glass negatives.
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Wouldn't want to get your finger caught in that geartrain. 
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No sir. I was reading some history on it. They said something about an inattentive operator could get thrown around or worse.Wouldn't want to get your finger caught in that geartrain.
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Can someone explain what we're looking at? Where is the power source...is it coming from the over head (looks too flimsy to me) or is it being transferred to the over head? If not, where is it coming from? The Bulldozer appears to me to be a device geared down to provide tremendous power for forming metal. I recall seeing a similar picture where the power was provided by a waterfall and transferred to an overhead shaft and by belt to various machines.
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Pre OSHA...lolWouldn't want to get your finger caught in that geartrain.
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That's because 'bulldozer' basically means 'to force' and the term was in use before the modern tracked machine we now call a 'bulldozer' was invented, though I believe the term was originally for the actual blade attachment that was separate and added to a tractor.
These machine were in fact called 'bulldozers' as evidenced by the name on the side.
These machine were in fact called 'bulldozers' as evidenced by the name on the side.
