visibility Similar

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Electrical sub-assembly. This trio of women employees at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. is working on electrical sub-assemblies for Vultee "Vengeance" dive bombers. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Finished sorghum pouring from vats. Lake Dick Project, Arkansas

A) Jack Bradley, braiding, Miles City; B) Ted Dalke, wooden picture frames, Miles City; C) Paul E. Young, retired rancher, Miles City

Barrage balloon manufacture. Handling ropes and fingers. Frayed ropes are attached to the rubberized fabric "fingers" by sewing and cementing to give maximum "grip" on the balloon. Such ropes are fastened to the ground cable which controls the height and flight of the balloon. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Handling ropes and fingers. Frayed ropes are attached to the rubberized fabric "fingers" by sewing and cementing to give maximum "grip" on the balloon. Such ropes are fastened to the ground cable which controls the height and flight of the balloon. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

code Related

Trailers for defense transportation. Winter Weiss Company, Denver, Colorado. Flooring being laid on semi-trailers for general utility used around Army camps and supply depots. These trailers carry a payload of 7,000 pounds on a combination platform stake body of hardwood

Trailers for defense transportation. Winter Weiss Company, Denver, Colorado. Flooring being laid on semi-trailers for general utility used around Army camps and supply depots. These trailers carry a payload of 7,000 pounds on a combination platform stake body of hardwood

Trailers for defense transportation. Winter Weiss Company, Denver, Colorado. Completed semi-trailer with combination platform stake bodies are loaded into freight cars for delivery to Army Quartermaster Depots. These trailers are intended for general utility use in Army camps and supply depots. They carry a 7,000 ton payload

Trailers for defense transportation. Winter Weiss Company, Denver, Colorado. Completed semi-trailer with combination platform stake bodies are loaded into freight cars for delivery to Army Quartermaster Depots. These trailers are intended for general utility use in Army camps and supply depots. They carry a 7,000 ton payload

Trailers for defense transportation. Winter Weiss Company, Denver, Colorado. Completed semi-trailer with combination platform stake bodies are loaded into freight cars for delivery to Army Quartermaster Depots. These trailers are intended for general utility use in Army camps and supply depots. They carry a 7,000 ton payload

Trailers for defense transportation. Winter Weiss Company, Denver, Colorado. Completed semi-trailer with combination platform stake bodies are loaded into freight cars for delivery to Army Quartermaster Depots. These trailers are intended for general utility use in Army camps and supply depots. They carry a 7,000 ton payload

Trailers for defense transportation. Winter Weiss Company, Denver, Colorado. Manufacture of semi-trailers for Defense transportation. These trailers are eqipped with a combination platform stake body and are intended for general use in Army camps and depots. They carry a payload of 7,000 pounds. This worker is attaching reflectors to the rear of the trailer frame

Trailers for defense transportation. Winter Weiss Company, Denver, Colorado. Tiers (7.00 x 20) to equip semi-trailers of the combination platform stake type. These trailers are used for general trucking around Army Camps and depots

Trailers for defense transportation. Winter Weiss Company, Denver, Colorado. Manufacture of semi-trailers for general utility use in Army camps. The trailers are equipped with combination platform and stake bodies. Trailer frames are here being electrically welded on high tensile steel jigs

Trailers for defense transportation. Winter Weiss Company, Denver, Colorado. Flooring being laid on semi-trailers for general utility used around Army camps and supply depots. These trailers carry a payload of 7,000 pounds on a combination platform stake body of hardwood

description

Summary

Public domain photograph of factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

label_outline

Tags

colorado denver county denver safety film negatives trailers defense transportation defense transportation winter weiss company winter weiss company semi trailers utility army camps army camps depots payload pounds combination platform stake body combination platform stake body hardwood 1940 s 40 s united states history factory library of congress
date_range

Date

01/01/1941
person

Contributors

United States. Office for Emergency Management.
place

Location

Denver (Colo.) ,  39.73917, -104.98472
create

Source

Library of Congress
link

Link

http://www.loc.gov/
copyright

Copyright info

Public Domain

label_outline Explore Payload, Winter Weiss Company, Army Camps

New oversize trailer for war workers. Note modern floating axle on the new oversize bus trailer which holds 141 persons and may be the answer to the problem of transporting war workers to outlying defense plants. Designed and built by Office of Defense Transportation and War Production Board (WPB) officials with cooperation of private companies, the trailer rolls on eight standard truck size tires, with the usual six tires on the power unit. The truck trailer unit as a whole is fifty-five feet long

President McKinley approaching the platform from which the Battleship "Ohio" was launched, San Francisco, Cal.

Henry W. Bagley, Bellehaven, residence in Greenwich, Connecticut. Combination bar and flower room

Production. War housing trailers. The side of a war housing trailer nears completion on a table-top jig at Western Trailer Company's plant in Los Angeles. Exceptional strength is secured through built-up construction of Masonite over plywood with a casein bond. The side is secured to spacers with drive screws

Abandoned trailers in rural Alabama

The air raid protective services. Civilian protection workers go after damaged lines to restore service immediately. Insignia is that of road repair squads, but rescue squad and utility repair squad members may do similar work

Architectural art "The New Ring Shout" at Ted Weiss Federal Building, New York, New York

Hermann und Dorothea Liederspiel in 1 Akt

Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. Maher's dance hall, showing orchestra platform and dancers

Trailers for defense transportation. Winter Weiss Company, Denver, Colorado. Tiers (7.00 x 20) to equip semi-trailers of the combination platform stake type. These trailers are used for general trucking around Army Camps and depots

Production. War housing trailers. Pre-painted parts for the housing trailers are quickly dried in the force drying room of the Western Trailer Company of Los Angeles. In many cases, drying time is reduced from twenty-four to one or two hours, and great saving of space is effected

Production. War housing trailers. War housing trailers under construction at the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. The cabinet work of this trailer is nearly completed. Drawers, locker doors, sink top and other prefinished parts will be installed after the trailer has gone through the final painting and bake oven processes

Topics

colorado denver county denver safety film negatives trailers defense transportation defense transportation winter weiss company winter weiss company semi trailers utility army camps army camps depots payload pounds combination platform stake body combination platform stake body hardwood 1940 s 40 s united states history factory library of congress