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Double Helical Cut Tooth Gear for 1800 Horsepower Gear Drive
1905/1925
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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
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