Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. This worker in the mold loft is painting over the marks made on steel plates from wooden templates, or patterns. The original marking is scratched onto the steel, and this man brings them out in white. All parts are prefabricated in this huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are then carried six miles to the ways on flat cars. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland
Summary
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).
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 30, frame 1449.
Tags
maryland
baltimore
safety film negatives
lot 2069
alfred t palmer
united states office for emergency management
photo
steel plates
freight cars
mold loft
steel
eastern plant
cars
six miles
bethlehem fairfield shipyards
office of war information
farm security administration
biblical events
bethlehem
united states history
library of congress
Date
01/01/1941
Location
baltimore
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain