A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[rogruth]

Rufus,
Is that the top of the dam running from bottom center to left center? The deeper part looks as if it is being cleared of trees and other things.

Not sure from what angle or vantage point this was taken vs. where this is today........... You can Google it and look at it all,

It does seem to be a road across the dam. Looking north towards the park offices and picnic(?) area.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[rogruth]

WOW!
That appears to be a clock but it could be an earlier model of the machine in which the good Doctor Who flits about the universe.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Charles Ketterer's Apostolic Excelsior Clock on the label of the clock.

Apparently Ketterer was a 19th-century coal miner who spent three years making the clock in the 1870's

The had four dials showing hours, minutes, day of the week, and day of the month. The 12 apostles, mounted on a geared carousel, emerged from doors and pass before Jesus with each one turning towards Christ. However, Judas carries a money bag and passes Christ without turning.

Probably will be available later on Amazon if you have a Prime account for free delivery make in China.

[Roy]

Charles Ketterer's Apostolic Excelsior Clock on the label of the clock.

Apparently Ketterer was a 19th-century coal miner who spent three years making the clock in the 1870's

The had four dials showing hours, minutes, day of the week, and day of the month. The 12 apostles, mounted on a geared carousel, emerged from doors and pass before Jesus with each one turning towards Christ. However, Judas carries a money bag and passes Christ without turning.

Why would anyone who could do watch and clock making work in a coal mine?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Charles Ketterer's Apostolic Excelsior Clock on the label of the clock.

Apparently Ketterer was a 19th-century coal miner who spent three years making the clock in the 1870's

The had four dials showing hours, minutes, day of the week, and day of the month. The 12 apostles, mounted on a geared carousel, emerged from doors and pass before Jesus with each one turning towards Christ. However, Judas carries a money bag and passes Christ without turning.

Why would anyone who could do watch and clock making work in a coal mine?

If you only make 1 clock every 3 years that you probably can't sell anyway, you might starve otherwise.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[MurphOnMillerAve]

The size and shape of the soldier's torso, plus several others I have noted through several other photos, makes me think they sure kept themselves slim in those days. I'm not sure if it looks healthy or not, but he seems to have the chest of a ten year old, even including the layers of apparel.

[Tom Dempsey]

That's what a lifetime of Big Mac deprivation will get you.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

...........they sure kept themselves slim in those days.

No McDonald's, no junk food, no high fructose corn syrup, no artificial whatever........and a life where you had to actually work.

[HONDO74]

...........they sure kept themselves slim in those days.

No McDonald's, no junk food, no high fructose corn syrup, no artificial whatever........and a life where you had to actually work.

You forgot, "NO BEER"

I don't recall seeing any pictures you have posted with people that have beer belly's.

[rogruth]

I'm pretty sure they had beer.
They worked hard and those bellies never appeared.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

...........they sure kept themselves slim in those days.

No McDonald's, no junk food, no high fructose corn syrup, no artificial whatever........and a life where you had to actually work.

You forgot, "NO BEER"

I don't recall seeing any pictures you have posted with people that have beer belly's.

No. I did not list it. That does not equate with forgetting it - beer is ancient.

That you could afford to drink enough to be fat with a beer belly, continue to work and hold a job and be perceived as a responsible adult, and be accepted within one's community was very different then than now.

[HONDO74]

Times were definitely different back then. In order to communicate they actually had to go talk to someone. They didn't have computers or Iphone's where they could sit on their fat asses all day posting on a train forum. They actually had to accomplish something in order to survive. No food stamps in those days