Fork Lift Truck?

[troutfisher]

Taken at a water powered flour mill a very early example of a manually operated lift truck

http://merlinphotographics.zenfolio.com/img/v1/p353026765-4.jpg

and the safety mechanism

http://merlinphotographics.zenfolio.com/img/v1/p49164647-4.jpg

Its not still in use!

[PhotosGuy]

That's kind of neat!

[Nates98cbr]

Very cool, does that metal tag say "Use Paraffin"?

[lemminglover]

Nice piece of history!