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Folsom Powerhouse, Adjacent to American River, Folsom, Sacramento County, CA

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Horizontal strander on shop floor at Watson.

Horizontal strander disassembled on shop floor at Watson.

View of lathe area on machine shop floor at Watson.

Pattern storage area above current machine shop floor at Watson.

Horizontal planer at Watson ca. 1950s.

Central crane over machine shop floor at Watson.

Michael Murphy on shop floor of Watson Machine International, in front of quality control section.

Larry Schneider and Richie Takach in Larry's office just off of the shop floor at Watson.

View of workshop floor looking toward metal stairs that lead to offices upstairs at Watson.

Horizontal strander on shop floor at Watson.

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Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 4, 1994.

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ethnographic photographs industrial facilities machine shops watson machine international machinery industry ethnography paterson nj horizontal strander horizontal strander shop floor shop floor watson new jersey working in paterson project collection working in paterson occupational heritage in an urban setting american folklife center robert mccarl ultra high resolution high resolution manufacturing industrial history library of congress car
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Date

01/01/1994
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Contributors

McCarl, Robert (Photographer)
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Location

Paterson (N.J.) ,  40.91667, -74.17194
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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Michael Murphy showing gauges, micrometers and other standardized and temperature controlled measuring devices used as part of quality control at Watson machine.

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ethnographic photographs industrial facilities machine shops watson machine international machinery industry ethnography paterson nj horizontal strander horizontal strander shop floor shop floor watson new jersey working in paterson project collection working in paterson occupational heritage in an urban setting american folklife center robert mccarl ultra high resolution high resolution manufacturing industrial history library of congress car