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Subcontracting aircraft parts. This worker at a large Ohio plant, is shaping a large piece of aluminum into the desired conture for fitting leading edges of the various control surfaces and outer wings. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. This riveter is applying the finishing touches to highly-polished surface of a portion of aircraft sub-assembly at an Ohio plant. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Handwork is still a vital operation in the production of airplane sub-assembly parts. Metal shaping is the job of this worker at a large Ohio plant. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Here is one of the airplane sub-assembly production lines at an Ohio plant, which was a former airship dock. These are control surfaces for military aircraft, being assembled here for shipment to plane plants. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Handwork is still a vital operation in the production of airplane sub-assembly parts. Metal shaping is the job of this worker at a large Ohio plant. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. This giant hydraulic press with rubber insert is used to stamp out numerous sub-assembly parts for planes at this huge converted airship dock. These "sub-assembly" parts are put together at the different plants and then sent to the plane plants for inclusion in the finished plane. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Among the many young men working at this plant in Ohio, are a group of older craftsmen, veterans such as those whose work with complicated metal stampings is essential to the smooth production of airplane sub-assembly parts. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Giant knives such as this are used to cut gleaming sheet aluminum into desired shapes. This is one of the preliminary steps in aircraft parts production at this huge converted airship dock in Ohio. Gooyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Here is one of the airplane sub-assembly production lines at an Ohio plant, which was a former airship dock. These are control surfaces for military aircraft, being assembled here for shipment to plane plants. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. This worker at a large Ohio plant, is shaping a large piece of aluminum into the desired conture for fitting leading edges of the various control surfaces and outer wings. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

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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 30, frame 1249.

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ohio summit county akron safety film negatives lot 1984 alfred t palmer united states office for emergency management photo ohio plant aircraft parts control surfaces office of war information farm security administration united states history factory aircraft 1940s aircrafts 1940 s library of congress
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01/01/1941
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label_outline Explore Control Surfaces, Lot 1984, Ohio Plant

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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

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. One of the few lathes bought by a small Eastern manufacturing firm. Unable to purchase much new machinery, the owner of the company installed and remodelled old equipment to produce war essentials under subcontract. First orders were delivered thirty days after contract, an amoazingly short time considering that conversion of machines took two weeks of it. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

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

Making the sparks fly. The welding machine glows brightly as a worker in an eastern arsenal attacks a fabricated structure for the 90 mm gun anti-aircraft carriage

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Fiberglass yarns are twisted and plied on standard textile machinery as a step in the manufacture of tapes and cloths, used principally to insulate electric equipment operating under heavier loads today than ever before

Headed for last cleanup. Six giant truck tires, of the non-directional type are being wheeled in for cleaning and painting. This pattern, developed for the U.S. Army in 1941 is used for field equipment....gives excellent traction in forward or reverse because of the horizontal cleats, yet rides well on the highway on the continuous center rib. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Metal scrap salvage. The rural scrap collection center at Dexter, Michigan was the scene of much activity as the drive sponsored by the War Production Board (WPB) gained headway. The first load dumped here was followed by many others as farmyards yielded tons of old iron and rubber that put money into the pockets of local farmers and much valuable material back into use

Production. Marine boilers. Grinding of welded seams inside the drum of a large marine boiler at a Midwest plant which has converted its facilities to war production

Production. War housing trailers. Many time-saving methods are employed in the making of war housing trailers at the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. A heavy-duty stapling machine, for example, makes fast work of fastening the waterproof finish sheeting in place. Later a decorative strip will cover the staple heads and the sheeting will be trimmed off flush with the lower edge of the stip

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ohio summit county akron safety film negatives lot 1984 alfred t palmer united states office for emergency management photo ohio plant aircraft parts control surfaces office of war information farm security administration united states history factory aircraft 1940s aircrafts 1940 s library of congress