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Location DB > United States > Wisconsin > Milwaukee > A.F. Gallun & Sons Co. Tannery > The picture phone comes through in a pinch! > 27873614213 big flywheel.jpg

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Still in the same room. This doesn't look that big, but this flywheel is probably between 4 and 5 feet tall.
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Posted by MKE_MFGng 10/18/2011 2:52 PM | remove
  This flywheel drove belts that ran to most of the building (actually all of it at one time) which powered various presses, shears and mixing drums. The way they did it before electric motors and electricity became cheap.
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