Double Helical Cut Tooth Gear for 1800 Horsepower Gear Drive

1905/1925

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Double Helical Cut Tooth Gear for 1800 Horsepower Gear Drive
  • Title
  • Double Helical Cut Tooth Gear for 1800 Horsepower Gear Drive
  • Creator
  • unknown
  • Identifier
  • MSP210.B010.I07
  • Description
  • The Mesta Machine Company produced double helical cut gears up to 30 feet in diameter that were used in heavy motor drives and geared engines. The Mesta Machine Company was one of the leading manufacturers of machine tool and steel mill equipment in the world during the first half of the twentieth century. Some of their other products included, gas and steam blowing engines for blast furnaces, forging presses, shears, cut and machine-molded gears, and various types of rolls used in rolling mills. In 1959 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev visited the plant as part of his American tour. The plant employed about 4,000 employees as late as the 1970s.
  • Subject
  • Mesta Machine Company (West Homestead, Pa.)
    Steel industry and trade--Pennsylvania--West Homestead.
    Gearing--Pennsylvania--West Homestead.
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Mesta Machine Company Photographs
  • Rights Information
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