Low Type Lever Shear

1905/1925

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Low Type Lever Shear
  • Title
  • Low Type Lever Shear
  • Identifier
  • MSP210.B014.I05
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP210.B014.I05
  • Description
  • Mesta Machine Company produced two types of Lever Shears; High Types and Low Types. The lower knife on the High Type of lever shear was used to shear plate scrap, while the bottom knife on the Low Type sheared heavier sections of metal. The shears were produced in various sizes and had a cutting capacity ranging from 1-inch to 7-inches of steel.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Mesta Machine Company (West Homestead, Pa.)
    Steel industry and trade--Pennsylvania--West Homestead.
    West Homestead (Pa.)
  • Source
  • Mesta Machine Company Photographs, 1906-1925, MSP 210, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Mesta Machine Company Photographs
  • Rights Information
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