[TheForge] OT, but I Just have to ask...

[Andrew Vida]

Chuck Robinson wrote:
> The  16" barrels were made in the Washington Navy Yard.
> I used to work in the building that housed the monster lathes.
> I was told they were cut up for scrap after ww II.

	Really?  For some reason I thougth they'd survived longer than that. 
Must have been a hell of a contraption in any event.  Largest lathe I 
ever saw face to face had 27' dia. chuck and topped out at something 
like 4 or 6 rpm.  More shipyard equipment.