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Sure looks like a fan?
Ferdy
Sun 02-21-2010
In the center of the fan the peeling paint creates a profile of a guy with a mohawk who may be sticking his tongue out at us. It's uncanny- a self portrait maybe?
Quinnifer
Sun 02-21-2010
I see it too Quinnifer! LOL, a self portrait. :) It does look like a fan....or a fat rim, lol!
Kathy W.
Sun 02-21-2010
Thats good! It also looks like he has an earring in his ear. See it?
LucieLou
Sun 02-21-2010
Ha i see it too, nice eye. Wouldnt of noticed if you said nothing
Matt
Mon 02-22-2010
Wow, I LOVE this shot!
Rekrats
Mon 02-22-2010
Awesome Shot, love the details
Vipersrule
Mon 02-22-2010
i do see the person too but i think the thing looks like a plane turbine but smaller of course
IM HERE TO CONFESS
Mon 02-22-2010
Really digging the mohawk!
Canada
Tue 02-23-2010
clapping! I love the imagination here...
and i see 'im too. but i'm going to pretend its a GIRL with a mohawk:)
ginberry
Thu 02-25-2010
Awsome shot! :)
ion_2004
Mon 03-01-2010
that looks like part of an airplane
Joe
Mon 03-01-2010
hey dude thats what i said
IM HERE TO CONFESS
Mon 03-01-2010
Probably lots of exhaust fans and vents to the outdoors. This process, no doubt created a LOT of coal dust. Grain mills can explode from dust, let alone coal. Motts has captured an era of the worst job in the world, can you imagine the heat, dust, noise. It must of been hell on earth, but then in the 1930's a dollar was a dollar.
old LPN
Fri 03-05-2010
Part of a variable inlet vane mechanism, used on the entering air side of a centrifugal fan, in order to control the total CFM the fan delivers. It's hard to tell which part this is, but if it's the "variable" part, the vanes would rotate via external linkage, and would be set via a locking hand quadrant. Since part of the locking quadrant seems to be in place, but is not linked to anything, this appears to be the non-adjustable part of the mechanism.

Nice picture.
subcoolman
Tue 03-09-2010

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