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Shipbuilding (Newport News). Thousands of tons of lumber and steel are used in the construction of these ways, where American mechanical genius is employed in the production of ships for our two-ocean Navy

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Thousands of tons of lumber and steel are used in the construction of these ways, where American mechanical genius is employed in the production of ships for our new two-ocean Navy

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Thousands of tons of lumber and steel are used in the construction of these ways, where American mechanical genius is employed in the production of ships for our new two-ocean navy

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Thousands of tons of lumber and steel are used in the construction of these ways, where American mechanical genius is employed in the production of ships for our new two-ocean navy

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Thousands of tons of lumber and steel are used in the construction of these ways, where American mechanical genius is employed in the production of ships for our new two-ocean Navy

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Thousands of tons of lumber and steel are used in the construction of these ways, where American mechanical genius is employed in the production of ships for our new two-ocean Navy

Shipbuilding (Newport News). A section for a new U.S. Navy cruiser is being delivered by overhead crane to the building ways. Four cruisers and a battleship are under construction here

Shipbuilding (Newport News). These two skillful workers are punching rivet holes in the frame of a ship on the ways. Nearly a million rivets were used in large naval warcraft until recently, but steel and weight is now conserved by the use of welded jointures whenever possible

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Here is a section of the huge building ways, large enough to permit construction of the largest of super-battleships. Construction of these new ways is a major engineering job in itself

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Thousands of tons of lumber and steel are used in the construction of these ways, where American mechanical genius is employed in the production of ships for our two-ocean Navy

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

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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 30, frame 861.

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virginia newport news safety film negatives lot 2067 alfred t palmer united states office for emergency management photo two ocean navy office of war information farm security administration navy us navy united states history construction sites construction library of congress
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01/01/1941
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label_outline Explore Lot 2067, Two Ocean Navy, Alfred T Palmer

Bethlehem Fairfield shipyards, near Baltimore, Maryland. Construction of a Liberty ship. On the third day the bottom is completed except for forward and aft ends, and on it have been set inner bottom tanks for fuel or ballast. The midships bulkhead has been raised

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information archive

Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Wings for "Valiant" basic trainers at Vultee's Downey, California plant. At the Downey plant is made the BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainer--a fast, sturdy ship powered by a Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine

Shipbuilding (Newport News). These are mold loft workers laying out patterns for various parts of naval vessels under construction. These patterns are subsequently transferred to steel

Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. A section of a ship's bottom being lowered into place

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

[City of Cleveland, Steamer #168 on the ways]

Civilian protection. Fire watchers from points of vantage on roof tops and streets maintain unceasing vigilance for fallen incendiary bombs. They immediately seek to control them with equipment stored nearby

Newport News, Virginia. Electro-welder working on a hatch combing

John Beekman House, 29-29 1/2 Cherry Street, New York, New York County, NY

Washington, D.C. Construction of a bridge and road near Independence Avenue and 14th and 16th Streets, S.W. Pile of welded steel reinforcing mesh for use in concrete paving

Avery Island Salt Works, Akzo Salt Incorporated, Avery Island, Iberia Parish, LA

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virginia newport news safety film negatives lot 2067 alfred t palmer united states office for emergency management photo two ocean navy office of war information farm security administration navy us navy united states history construction sites construction library of congress