Greenfield Village-Dearborn,MI
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Wagons stored below the barn on the left side.62 views
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Hard working barn cat.64 views
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Glass blower61 views
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Learn to make a glass flower here. He's making a vase.61 views
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Ben Franklin's Press62 viewsOne sheet of paper at a time pressed on the inked type.
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Another press60 viewsOne person turns the wheel while the other feeds the paper and pulls it through and hangs it to dry. They printed local news mostly, on one side, but one day a month they would get the national news and print that on the other side to keep a well informed citizenry.
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The sawmill inside61 viewsThe circular saw is actually a more modern invention. In this mill prior to that, they used an up and down blade like a jigsaw to saw logs. This wasted much of the wood before they came up with the cleaner cutting circular saw. The logs were hauled up a ramp on carts.
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The Roundhouse60 viewsUsed to repair train engines and cars, the black structure in front is a turntable that is operated by men on each end pushing it.
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Even trains get checkups61 views
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Engineer's compartment64 views
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Under several tons of engine61 viewsThey let us go down in the pit under this huge engine to see what they look like underneath, a first for me. They also had the round door on the front open so we could look inside the boiler area.
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Edison Lighting Company equipment64 viewsIn the background is an Edison bulb lighting the room
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