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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

Production. Tin smelting. A section of the smelting or furnace building of a large Southern plant in which pure tin is extracted from South American ore. At the left is a row of "pot boilers" in which the pure tin is kept at a temperature of about 750 degrees Fahrenheit until it is poured into molds. The plant is the finest of its kind in the world

Two men working on a piece of wood. Office of War Information Photograph

Production. Tin smelting. "Bars" of pure tin are trimmed and cleaned before removal from the molds in which they were formed in a Southern smelter. All the trimmings are returned to the "pot boilers" for remelting. The plant, finest and most modern in the world, extracts the pure metal from South American ore

Production. Tin smelting. A section of the smelting or furnace building of a large Southern plant in which pure tin is extracted from South American ore. At the left is a row of "pot boilers" in which the pure tin is kept at a temperature of about 750 degrees Fahrenheit until it is poured into molds. The plant is the finest of its kind in the world

Production. Tin smelting. "Bars" of pure tin are trimmed and cleaned before removal from the molds in which they were formed in a Southern smelter. All the trimmings are returned to the "pot boilers" for remelting. The plant, finest and most modern in the world, extracts the pure metal from South American ore

Production. Tin smelting. "Bars" of pure tin are trimmed and cleaned before removal from the molds in which they were formed in a Southern smelter. All the trimmings are returned to the "pot boilers" for remelting. The plant, finest and most modern in the world, extracts the pure metal from South American ore

Production. Tin smelting. Pure tin for the countless war needs of the United Nations is produced from South American ore in this American smelter. The plant, recently built in a Southern city, is being rapidly enlarged to meet the heavy demand for the invaluable metal it produces. It is the finest and most modern tin smelter in the world

Production. Tin smelting. A sample of slag from one of the furnaces of a Southern tin smelting plant is tested to determine its tin content. After it has cooled, the sample is sent to the plant laboratory for analysis. At this smelter, the most modern plant of its kind in the world, pure tin is extracted from South American ore to meet the countless war demands of the United Nations

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

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Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).

Caption card lists some of the printing history of image.

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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.

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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
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01/01/1942
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label_outline Explore Pot Boilers, Degrees Fahrenheit, Lot 1864

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A black and white photo of two women working in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

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Jefferson Memorial. Within the Jefferson Memorial rotunda in Washington, D.C., stands this nineteen-foot statue of America's third president. A Marine Honor Guard stands watch at its base where the original Declaration of Independence has been placed to commemorate Jefferson's bi-centennial anniversary, April 12, 1943. The The plaster of paris statue, made by a sculptor Rudolph Evans, will be cast in bronze after the war

A black and white photo of a man carrying a barrel. Office of War Information Photograph

Production. Tin smelting. "Bars" of pure tin are trimmed and cleaned before removal from the molds in which they were formed in a Southern smelter. All the trimmings are returned to the "pot boilers" for remelting. The plant, finest and most modern in the world, extracts the pure metal from South American ore

Power and conservation. Chickamauga Dam, Tennessee Valley Authority. Insulators and transmission wires in the switchyard of the TVA's Chickamauga Dam, located near Chattanooga, 471 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River. The dam has an authorized power installation of 81,000 kilowatts. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system. The power that passes through this switchyard serves many useful domestic, agricultural and industrial uses

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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