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Production. Marine boilers. A flange is turned on a large cone that is part of heat transfer equipment being made for the Army in a big Midwest plant

Production. Marine boilers. A flange is turned on a large cone that is part of heat transfer equipment being made for the Army in a big Midwest plant

Production. Marine boilers. A flange is turned on a large cone that is part of heat transfer equipment being made for the Army in a big Midwest plant

Production. Marine boilers. A seam on a marine boiler is ground in a big Midwest plant producing essential equipment for the Army

Production. Marine boilers. A seam on a marine boiler is ground in a big Midwest plant producing essential equipment for the Army

Production. Marine boilers. Working on large heat exchangers in a Midwest plant now producing marine condensors for the Army

Production. Marine boilers. Working on large heat exchangers in a Midwest plant now producing marine condensors for the Army

Production. Marine boilers. Forges and heaters at a big Midwest plant waiting on a heat being prepared for the hammers. The plant is producing much essential equipment for the Army

Production. Marine boilers. A nozzle is welded on a marine boiler drum in a big Midwest plant producing essential equipment for the Army and Navy

Production. Marine boilers. A flange is turned on a large cone that is part of heat transfer equipment being made for the Army in a big Midwest plant

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Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).

Caption card lists some of the printing history of image.

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Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

Film copy on SIS roll 31, frame 92.

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kentucky jefferson county louisville safety film negatives lot 2048 alfred t palmer united states office for emergency management photo heat transfer equipment marine boilers midwest plant united states history industrial history library of congress
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01/01/1942
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Tire recapping. A recap job on a passenger car tire. The tire with a tread strip of reclaimed camelback rubber is put into a curing mold. The old tread surface had previously been ground down evenly and coated with rubber adhesive. The plan to recap passenger tires with reclaimed rubber camelback, approved by rubber director William M. Jeffers, was put into effect in February 1943 to reduce the demand for replacement tires and still keep civilian cars in service

Civilian protection. Fire watchers from points of vantage on roof tops and streets maintain unceasing vigilance for fallen incendiary bombs. They immediately seek to control them with equipment stored nearby

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Fiberglass yarns are twisted and plied on standard textile machinery as a step in the manufacture of tapes and cloths, used principally to insulate electric equipment operating under heavier loads today than ever before

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. Army trucks and other vehicles at Fort Knox, Kentucky, are checked thoroughly, and at regular intervals. Wherever possible, motorized military equipment is maintained in constant tip top shape, instantly ready for strenuous action

Rocky Flats Plant, Plutonium Recovery Facility, Northwest portion of Rocky Flats Plant, Golden, Jefferson County, CO

[Assignment: 48-DPA-11-27-07_SOI_K_RVIA_Tour] Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [viewing displays, talking with attendees at the] Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) annual convention at the Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville, Kentucky [48-DPA-11-27-07_SOI_K_RVIA_Tour_DOI_7258.JPG]

Metal scrap salvage. The rural scrap collection center at Dexter, Michigan was the scene of much activity as the drive sponsored by the War Production Board (WPB) gained headway. The first load dumped here was followed by many others as farmyards yielded tons of old iron and rubber that put money into the pockets of local farmers and much valuable material back into use

Production. Marine boilers. Grinding of welded seams inside the drum of a large marine boiler at a Midwest plant which has converted its facilities to war production

Production. War housing trailers. Many time-saving methods are employed in the making of war housing trailers at the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. A heavy-duty stapling machine, for example, makes fast work of fastening the waterproof finish sheeting in place. Later a decorative strip will cover the staple heads and the sheeting will be trimmed off flush with the lower edge of the stip

Fort Benning. Tommy gunners, armored forces. The tank soldier finds many chores for the Thompson sub-machine gun, familiarly known as the Tommy gun

Steel production. More iron for steel production. Hot molten metal flows from the tap hole into a trough at a big Eastern blast furnace is cast. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Farrell, Pennsylvania

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Inside the log cofferdam of TVA's new Douglas Dam on the French Broad River. This dam will be 161 feet high and 1,682 feet long, with a 31,600 acre reservoir area extending forty-three miles upstream. With a useful storage capacity of approximately 1,330,00 acre feet, this reservoir will make possible the addition of nearly 100,000 kilowatts of continuous power to the TVA system in dry years and almost 170,000 kilowatts in the average year

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kentucky jefferson county louisville safety film negatives lot 2048 alfred t palmer united states office for emergency management photo heat transfer equipment marine boilers midwest plant united states history industrial history library of congress