Production. Milling machines and machine castings. This overhead crane runs the full length of a large Midwest machine tool plant. The foundry ingredients in this picture, front to rear, are crushed limestone, pig iron, scrap cast iron and, in the far background, sand. The crane distributes these materials in bins under the roof of the foundry, from which they are automatically weighed into huge iron baskets in the charge make-up pits
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 31, frame 226.
Tags
Date
01/01/1942
Location
mid west
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain