Production. Tin smelting. "Pot boilers" of a Southern tin smelter in which the pure metal is kept at a temperature of about 750 degrees Fahrenheit until it is poured into molds. The plant, which processes South American ore is the finest and the most modern in the world
Summary
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).
Caption card lists some of the printing history of image.
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 1837.
Tags
texas
galveston county
texas city
safety film negatives
lot 1864
howard r hollem
united states office of war information
photo
southern tin smelter
processes south american ore
tin
pot boilers
degrees fahrenheit
office of war information
farm security administration
united states history
industrial history
factory
library of congress
Date
01/01/1942
Location
galveston county
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain