When I was little my Dad used to drive for Link Trucking when they still had their shop in Walsh. They did a lot of runs for the local coal mines and I used to get to ride along a lot. They had one BIG shop out south of Pinknyville called "central Shop" because it was kinda located right in the middle of "coal country". Around this shop they had all types of equipment and pieces of equipment related to coal mining. Some of the stuff was HUGE!! I used to call the place "Land of The Giants". Well today me and Nic was out fishing at Pyramid and we found a old dog chain and it reminded me of some of the things I would see as a kid in the lot at Central Shop. It was cool showing the boy some of the old relics from the "glory days" of Southern Illinois coal mining.

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Checkout the wear from steel on steel.....

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Good pictures, very big chains !!!

I'd hate to run into the dog that chain was on Fun.:eek:

Did you take your findings home? :eek:

Its hard to imagine something was large enough to bust that link.

Now ponder this - how did they make those links?:cool: I am pretty sure I know.

Did you take your findings home? :eek:

Its hard to imagine something was large enough to bust that link.

Now ponder this - how did they make those links?:cool: I am pretty sure I know.
I think they forge welded them. Put them together with a break in them some where and heated them white hot and hammered them till the cut merged back together.

Hey that would keep a trail cam safe!. lol.:rolleyes:..

I guess they could have been cast. There is such a thing as cast steel and on that one it looks like a casting number..

Hey FUN , Was that a detecting find ? :D

Very Cool Pic , for sure .

echo

Hey FUN , Was that a detecting find ? :D

Very Cool Pic , for sure .

echo
Yeah it rang up as a penny....:rolleyes::D:D:D:D:D lol

Yeah it rang up as a penny....:rolleyes::D:D:D:D:D lol

Yeah , that big iron usually does on a Whites ;)

echo

Yeah , that big iron usually does on a Whites ;)

echo
Maybe I need new batterys hehe!! :rolleyes::D:eek::rolleyes::rolleyes::D:D:D

That's cool Fun! There's all sorts of that stuff still scattered out over there..
Heck you and I still remember when the biggest shovel in the US was right here in our backyards.. LOL

That is cool Fun. That thing is HUGE.