Help to ID this Machinery

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The fishing was alright, we waded out to the middle of the river right below the old dam. caught a bunch of small crappies and carp, and a friend caught what we think was a big crappie, about 2ft long. It got away right as we were pulling it out of the water, it must've just barely got the hook.

There's a lot of history around here, wish there were more records and pictures of it. The town I live nearest to, Matthews, nearly became the state capital during the natural gas boom at the turn of the century, now it is home to no more than 600 people, and most of the old hotels and businesses are gone, all that's left is a small book covering some of the history, and stories from the few that can remember that time.

Anyways, sorry for hijacking the thread, back to the main topic!