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Conversion. Floor waxer plant. Through the skill and ingenuity of the entire personnel of this small Eastern manufacturing firm, machinery formerly used in production of floor waxers has been converted to production of war essentials. Pictured here are the shop's owner (right) and night foreman, both of whom were instrumental in making the change. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

Noxontown Mill, Noxontown Road (County Road 38), Middletown, New Castle County, DE

Rocky Flats Plant, Final Assembly & Shipping, Eastern portion of plant site, south of Spruce Avenue, east of Tenth Street & north of Central Avenue, Golden, Jefferson County, CO

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Lathe operator Jan Sudol grinding a cutting tool for use in the large horizontal lathe at Watson.

Lathe operator Jan Sudol grinding a cutting tool for use in the large horizontal lathe at Watson.

Lathe operator Jan Sudol grinding a cutting tool for use in the large horizontal lathe at Watson.

Lathe operator Jan Sudol adjusting the cutting tool on a horizontal strander tube in the lathe department at Watson.

Lathe operator Jan Sudol adjusting the cutting tool on a horizontal strander tube in the lathe department at Watson.

Lathe operator Jan Sudol adjusting the cutting tool on a horizontal strander tube in the lathe department at Watson.

Jan Sudol applying machine oil to the "spider" end of a large strander spool.

Jan Sudol applying machine oil to the "spider" end of a large strander spool.

Assemblymen moving large strander tube with crane at Watson.

Jan Sudol operating large lathe in the lathe department at Watson; he is turning a large strander spool.

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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 lathes watson machine international machinery industry ethnography paterson nj sudol jan sudol lathe department lathe department watson strander spool strander spool 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 library of congress
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01/01/1994
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Sudol, Jan (Depicted)
McCarl, Robert (Photographer)
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Paterson (N.J.) ,  40.91667, -74.17194
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Joe Kachler drilling holes in a small strut.

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Conversion. Food machinery plant. This turret lathe was purchased second-hand from a nearby shoe factory to speed production on war subcontracts held by a New England plant which formerly turned out cube steak machinery. Edwin Becker is checking on a retooling job in progress which will eventually fit the new lathe to thread three-and-a-quarter-inch hexagonal nuts. Becker is checking the measurements of the tool hole in the turret with those of the specially-built tap which will do the threading. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts

Omar Abukharma installing motors on a pay-off machine.

Jewish family working on garters in kitchen for tenement home. (For complete details see Miss E.C. Watson's report.) Location: New York, New York (State)

Watson Mill Bridge, Spanning South Fork Broad River, Watson Mill Road, Watson Mill Bridge State Park, Comer, Madison County, GA

Michael Murphy showing gauges, micrometers and other standardized and temperature controlled measuring devices used as part of quality control at Watson machine.

[Woman working turret lathe in training school, Lincoln Motor Co., Detroit, Mi., during World War I]

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. This is a South Bend swing lathe used formerly in the manufacture of merry-go-rounds. This machine, along with others in this New York state plant is now turning out bits and pieces for our war program. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Engineer (white shirt) and machinist work on machine used for fiber-optics applications.

Conversion. Food machinery plant. Cutting of spouts for anti-tank guns is the present work of this lathe, shown here at its former job-shaping wooden rollers used with a belt control to carry steaks into the cube steak machine which is this New England plant's normal production. Conversion of this lathe, and the stepping up of its speed, has turned his skill from peacetime work to war production. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts

Joe Kachler measuring stock at his tool box; the tool box and all of the tools are the machinist's; many of Joe's tools are from his father who was also a machinist.

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ethnographic photographs industrial facilities machine shops lathes watson machine international machinery industry ethnography paterson nj sudol jan sudol lathe department lathe department watson strander spool strander spool 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 library of congress