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Two men talking for the rivet demonstration

Lansing Community College Rivet Demonstration

Rivet demonstration for Lansing Community College President Dr. Steve Robinson at LCC West Campus Technical Careers Welding Lab. Vern Mesler ...
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Riveting on the Golden Gate Bridge

One million two hundred thousand field rivets were driven in the fabrication and erection of the Golden Gate Bridge in ...
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What’s In A Name

On display: black twisted steel bent to resemble scrolls, welded to spindly round metal stock and labeled wrought iron lawn ...
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The American Bridge Company’s Ambridge Works: The Eye Bar Shop

[pp. 10 – 13 in The Iron Age, September 15, 1904] (Re-formatted for clarity by Vern Mesler, Nan Jackson, 2021) ...
"Like Magic" Gale Road Bridge

Gale Road Bridge “Like Magic”

There is nothing more satisfying for craftsmen after months of hard physical labor than to experience a moment when there ...