(Photo Album): Erzberg Mine Machinery and Mechanics Photo Album

Eisenerz, Styria in Austria: 1DR, [circa 1930s].

Price: $950.00

Hardcover. Oblong folio measuring 13" x 10". String tied, tan cloth boards. Contains 20 black and white photographs measuring between 5.5” x 5” and 7” x 5” with captions. Foxing on the edges else near fine with fine photographs.

A photo album containing professionally shot photographs of the different equipment and locations during the digging of the Erzberg Mine in Eisenerz, Styria in Austria, circa 1930. Each photograph is separated by glassine in which a caption has been printed on to the interleaving. Captions include the location and names of the equipment used which include trucks, electric shovels, wagon drills, bulldozers, tournarockers, and a shuttle car named, “Joy”. There are a couple pictures of electromotives pulling train cars along a rackrail system and chugging along in the winter time. Most of the photographs are of the outdoor locations of the mine and are detailed showing the intricate design of the machinery being used. A few pictures feature the “Leitan Shaft House” and distribution centers with large interiors and several ovens for “roasting”. There are also pictures of the city of Salzgitter and the Reichenstein Range, including some overhead aerial shots. The Erzberg Mine is a large open-pit mine that contains the largest iron ore reserve in Austria. It also hosts a rodeo race every year.

An interesting collection of professionally shot photographs of equipment used in the creation of a mine in Austria, circa 1930s.


Item #425294

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Item #425294 (Photo Album): Erzberg Mine Machinery and Mechanics Photo Album
(Photo Album): Erzberg Mine Machinery and Mechanics Photo Album
(Photo Album): Erzberg Mine Machinery and Mechanics Photo Album
(Photo Album): Erzberg Mine Machinery and Mechanics Photo Album
(Photo Album): Erzberg Mine Machinery and Mechanics Photo Album
(Photo Album): Erzberg Mine Machinery and Mechanics Photo Album
(Photo Album): Erzberg Mine Machinery and Mechanics Photo Album
(Photo Album): Erzberg Mine Machinery and Mechanics Photo Album
(Photo Album): Erzberg Mine Machinery and Mechanics Photo Album
(Photo Album): Erzberg Mine Machinery and Mechanics Photo Album