Production. Tin smelting. Tapping the furnace of a Southern tin smelter in which pure tin is extracted from the raw ore of South American mines. Here tin is drawn off into floats which weigh about eighteen tons when filled. The metal is then conveyed to polling kettles, where dross or skimmings are drawn off and forwarded to another furnace for re-melting
Summary
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).
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 1825.
Tags
texas
galveston county
texas city
safety film negatives
lot 1864
howard r hollem
united states office of war information
photo
tin
southern tin smelter
furnace
south american mines
eighteen tons
office of war information
farm security administration
united states history
industrial history
mining site
mine
mining industry
library of congress
Date
01/01/1942
Location
galveston county
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain