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Putting the parts together. Assembly of an 8-inch railway gun carriage in an eastern arsenal. The big gun is one of many speeded for war work

Small part for a big gun. Forging part of a large gun in an eastern Navy yard. This is one of eleven arsenals which have stepped up production to top speed for the war program

Small part for a big gun. Forging part of a large gun in an eastern Navy yard. This is one of eleven arsenals which have stepped up production to top speed for the war program

Nearly ready. Checking the dimensions of the finished cradle for an 8-inch gun, railway carriage. This is one of the first operations on the gun, being built in an eastern arsenal

Putting the parts together. Fitting the breech ring seat on one of the medium caliber guns rolling from a large eastern arsenal working full speed for victory

Mobile defender. A big piece for a railway gun is polished up. Worker at an eastern arsenal, engages in a finishing operation on the trunnion bearing ring for an 8-inch gun railway carriage

Mobile defender. A big piece for a railway gun is polished up. Worker at an eastern arsenal, engages in a finishing operation on the trunnion bearing ring for an 8-inch gun railway carriage

Firm understanding. The big base ring for an 8-inch gun, railway carriage, is inspected in an eastern arsenal

First stage in a big Navy gun. Forging part of a large gun in an eastern Navy yard arsenal. This is one of eleven arsenals which have stepped up production to top speed for the war program

Putting the parts together. Assembly of an 8-inch railway gun carriage in an eastern arsenal. The big gun is one of many speeded for war work

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

Caption edited by agency.

Title and other information from caption card.

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 37, frame 158.

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massachusetts middlesex county watertown safety film negatives lot 2017 alfred t palmer united states office for emergency management photo railway gun carriage gun war work office of war information farm security administration united states history industrial history railroads library of congress railway photo archive
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01/01/1942
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label_outline Explore Lot 2017, United States Office For Emergency Management, Middlesex County

Shipbuilding (Newport News). These are mold loft workers laying out patterns for various parts of naval vessels under construction. These patterns are subsequently transferred to steel

Y.M.C.A. bldg., Watertown, N.Y.

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

Potomac Electric Power Co. substations. Substation no. 38 window display: They're gonna be scarce

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

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 5, 60-inch pipe trench in Commonwealth Avenue at Washington Street, Newton, Mass., Jan. 7, 1916

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

Northern Canal, Pawtucket Gatehouse, Northern Canal & Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

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

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Lowell Street, looking west from front of Post Office, snow scene

Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 212, Watertown, Middlesex County, MA

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massachusetts middlesex county watertown safety film negatives lot 2017 alfred t palmer united states office for emergency management photo railway gun carriage gun war work office of war information farm security administration united states history industrial history railroads library of congress railway photo archive