A stacker-reclaimer places incoming coal on a stockpile at the rate of 1500 tons an hour. Later, when the coal is needed, the bucket wheel reclaimer will pick it up again. The machine moves on rails the length of the 1200 foot stockpile.
Deeply upholstered, fully reclining and reversible chairs, a sound-proofed cabin exceeding 6 feet in height and wide unobstructed aisles are among the interior features of the Luxury Airliner which has just been put into service by Transcontinental...
Its 23 feet and 7 inches to the top of the Lockheed Constellations triple fin. Two TWA hostesses and a feminine ticket agent are shown on the ladder. Reading from top to bottom are Hostess Jean Mellby, Ticket Agent Isabelle Stevens, and Hostess...
Launching America's largest liner "SS America" at Newport News, VA. The United States Lines $17,000,000 luxury liner, for transatlantic service, has accomodations for over 1,200 passengers, 30,000 tonnage, 723 ft. in length.
American Steel and Wire Company, Donora Works, Donora, Pennsylvania. Barbed wire machine in operation. Barbs are wrapped around the two support strands and cut to length and shape before the support strands are twisted.
Plate mills, Finishing mills, Four high rolling mills, roller tables, Manipulators
Bethlehem Steel Company, Burns Harbor, Indiana. Four high finishing stand in the 110-inch sheared plate mill. The plate is rolled to desired length and thickness by being passed back and forth through the finishing stand rolls
Toothbrush Manufacture (pre-nylon) and Manufacture of Nylon Bristles
A step in the manufacture of toothbrushes tat the Leominster Massachusetts plant of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company. Bristles are shown here being separated according to length.
Nylon yarn is checked for weight. Samples of uniform length are taken from bobbins that come from the spinning machines and weighed to check the denier of the yarn, This is one of the steps in the DuPont Company's plants at Seaford, Delaware;...
In this photograph the operator is shown tying nylon hanks in preparation for cutting the filament into short bristle length, bundles of which are later fed into automatic machines for bristling tooth and hair brushes. Photograph taken at the...
In this photograph the operator is shown tying nylon hanks in preparation for cutting the filament into short bristle length, bundles of which are later fed into automatic machines for bristling tooth and hair brushes. Photograph taken at the...
Nylon plastics stripping for furniture, now being produced by DuPont in experimental quantities is strong, durable, easy to clean and is expected to be available in a variety of colors. Here laboratory technician Ruth Eck orients a 2 inch wide...
The paint brush with natural bristle, left, and the one with new tapered Tynex nylon bristle, right, have been used the same length of time The natural bristle brush is virtually worn out, while the tough, resilient nylon bristle brush show very...
The operator is inspecting the film as it emerges from the drying chamber of the coating machine to catch any defect Film is inspected in both transmitted and reflected light. The coated film is wound up on a mandrel which is in the cabinet in...
