Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1892 — A Monster Machine. [ARTICLE]

A Monster Machine.

What is believed to be the largest steel planer in this country was shipped from Plainfield, N. -j, , to Pittsburg. The bed of the machine weighs forty-three tons, the table twenty-six tons and the cross rails twenty-two tons. The arch weighs four and one-half tons and driving gear four tons.