Shaft Pick at Bagnell Dam

A shaft pick is the process of removing a shaft from a piece of machinery. This vertical shaft weighs 30 tons and is too long to be lifted straight up out of the hole. The next few images and videos show the job. Best to download them and view on your own computer. You may note that not alot seems to be moving quickly in the videos. Well, one does not rush this kind of dangerous precision work. If something is slightly wrong, it can become very wrong very quickly. Note that my position with the camera is well out of harm's way and out of the way of the millwrights. Safey is the first concern in this kind of work and all these men are professionals.

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