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Loading scrap iron into railroad cars. Millville, Wisconsin

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The lumber mill closed, the track is being torn up and the rails sent to Japan along with other scrap iron from the mill. Careyville, Florida

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Loading scrap iron into railroad cars. Millville, Wisconsin

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Loading scrap iron onto railroad cars. Millville, Wisconsin

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A black and white photo of a crane hanging from a building. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

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Loading scrap iron, St. Louis, Missouri

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A black and white photo of a crane hanging from a building. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

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A black and white photo of a crane hanging from a building, possibly related to: Loading scrap iron, St. Louis, Missouri

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Loading scrap iron, St. Louis, Missouri

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A black and white photo of a crane hanging from a building, possibly related to: Loading scrap iron, St. Louis, Missouri

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A couple of men standing on top of a bridge. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

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Loading scrap iron onto railroad cars. Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Loading scrap iron onto railroad cars. Minneapolis, Minnesota

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A black and white photo of two men working on a pole, possibly related to: Loading scrap iron, St. Louis, Missouri

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A couple of men standing on top of a bridge, possibly related to: Loading scrap iron, St. Louis, Missouri

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Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania. Converting scrap iron and steel into high quality alloy steel. A workman adds alloying materials to the bath of molten steel in one of the thirty-five ton electric arc furnaces. These furnaces give faster heating and more accurate temperature control than do open hearth furnaces

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Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. Scrap from areas near the steel mill is delivered by motor truck. The melting of alloy steel for defense production necessitates constant delivery of scrap iron and steel to the mills. The overhead magnet will deposit the steel in a loader, which then carries it to an open hearth or electric furnace. In the neighborhood of forty percent of all steel produced comes from scrap metal

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Ties of abandoned railroad in former active mining area of San Juan County, Colorado. The rails were pulled up and sold for scrap iron when the mining company moved out

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Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania. Power for the wheels of defense industry. The throbbing heart of this plant where scrap iron and steel are convert into alloy steels for the national defense production program. Heavy wires carry current to the huge electric melting furnaces

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Robert H. Ridgway, consultant for Scrap Iron and Steel, Materials Branch, Production Division

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Steel alloy manufacture. America builds for its Arsenals of Democracy. Workers ramming in the bottom of a new thirty-five ton electric melting furnace which two days later was placed in operation to produce steel alloys from scrap iron and steel. This plant is being expanded at record speed to keep up with the even increasing needs of the national defense production program. Allegheny Ludlum, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania

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Ties of abandoned railroad in former active mining area of San Juan County, Colorado. The rails were pulled up and sold for scrap iron when the mining company moved out

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C. D. Scully, Jr., Business Specialist, Scrap Iron and Steel Unit, Office of Price Administration

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Man from river bottoms shack town, Iowa. He collects scrap iron, bits of metal, etc., from the city dump. Note the burlap sack

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Shacks on edge of city dump, occupied by men who gain their living by salvaging of scrap iron, old tires, paper which they bale, etc. Dubuque, Iowa

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Robert H. Ridgway, consultant for Scrap Iron and Steel, Materials Branch, Production Division

E. A. France, Jr, Chief, Scrap Iron and Steel Unit, Office of Price Administration

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Resident of shack town along river bottoms. Dubuque, Iowa. He scavenges the city dump daily for scrap iron, bits of metal, etc

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Robert H. Ridgway, consultant for scrap iron and steel, Materials Branch, Production Division

Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania. Converting scrap iron and steel into high quality alloy steel. A workman adds alloying materials to the bath of molten steel in one of the thirty-five ton electric arc furnaces. These furnaces give faster heating and more accurate temperature control than do open hearth furnaces

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Lotfull of scrap iron, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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Home on the edge of the city dump. Dubuque, Iowa. This is one of the group homes occupied by single men who gain their livelihood by scouring the dump each day for scrap iron, paper boxes, which they bale and sell, and even food, grapefruit, oranges, etc., dumped by produce companies

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Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. Scrap from areas near the steel mill is delivered by motor truck. The melting of alloy steel for defense production necessitates constant delivery of scrap iron and steel to the mills. The overhead magnet will deposit the steel in a loader, which then carries it to an open hearth or electric furnace. In the neighborhood of forty percent of all steel produced comes from scrap metal

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Resident of shack town along river bottoms. Dubuque, Iowa. He scavenges the city dump daily for scrap iron, bits of metal, etc.

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Man from river bottoms shack town, Iowa. He collects scrap iron, bits of metal, etc., from the city dump. Note the burlap sack

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C. D. Scully, Jr., Business Specialist, Scrap Iron and Steel Unit, Office of Price Administration

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R.J. Lund, consultant on miscellaneous minerals, Materials Branch, Production Management (right). Robert H. Ridgway (left), consultant for scrap iron and steel, Materials Branch, Production Division

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Lotfull of scrap iron, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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R.J. Lund, consultant on miscellaneous minerals, Materials Branch, Production Management (right). Robert H. Ridgway (left), consultant for scrap iron and steel, Materials Branch, Production Division

Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania. Thirty-five ton electric arc melting furnace in operation. These furnaces convert scrap iron and steel into high quality steel alloys. This type of furnace gives much faster heating and permits the accurate temperature control so necessary in the processing of the high quality steels. The alloying elements are being added to the bath of molten steel

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E. A. France, Jr, Chief, Scrap Iron and Steel Unit, Office of Price Administration

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Loading scrap iron into freight cars. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Proximity of oil fields accounts for the large amount of scrap iron collected and shipped out of Oklahoma City

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Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania. Thirty-five ton electric arc melting furnace in operation. These furnaces convert scrap iron and steel into high quality steel alloys. This type of furnace gives much faster heating and permits the accurate temperature control so necessary in the processing of the high quality steels. The alloying elements are being added to the bath of molten steel

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Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania. Power for the wheels of defense industry. The stacks of the power house which generates all the steam required in this plant. The heavy wires in the foreground carry current to the electric furnaces used to convert scrap iron and steel into the many alloys required for national defense production

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Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania. General view of part of the plant where scrap iron and steel are converted into many grades of steel alloys. In the foreground are carloads of finished products, while in the middle foreground can be seen piles and cars of scrap coming in to feed the huge furnaces. In the background is the power house which supplies electricity and steam to turn the wheels of this important defense industry, set in the Pennsylvania hills about thirty miles north of Pittsburgh, one of America's most important steel producing centers

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Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania. The huge carbon electrodes of the thirty-five ton electric melting furnaces used in converting scrap iron and steel into high quality alloy steels. A worker is adjusting the rings that guide the electrodes into the arc furnace. This is just one of the new furnaces under construction at this plant to meet the expanding need for alloy steels under the emergency created by the national defenseproduction program

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Scrap iron. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Proximity of oil fields accounts for huge amount of scrap iron shipped out of Oklahoma City

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Shacks on edge of city dump, occupied by men who gain their living by salvaging of scrap iron, old tires, paper which they bale, etc. Dubuque, Iowa

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Loading scrap iron into freight cars. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Proximity of oil fields accounts for the large amount of scrap iron collected and shipped out of Oklahoma City

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Robert H. Ridgway, consultant for scrap iron and steel, Materials Branch, Production Division

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Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania. General view of part of the plant where scrap iron and steel are converted into many grades of steel alloys. In the foreground are carloads of finished products, while in the middle foreground can be seen piles and cars of scrap coming in to feed the huge furnaces. In the background is the power house which supplies electricity and steam to turn the wheels of this important defense industry, set in the Pennsylvania hills about thirty miles north of Pittsburgh, one of America's most important steel producing centers

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C. D. Scully, Jr., Business Specialist, Scrap Iron and Steel Unit, Office of Price Administration

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Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania. Thirty-five ton electric arc melting furnace in operation. These furnaces convert scrap iron and steel into high quality steel alloys. This type of furnace gives much faster heating and permits the accurate temperature control so necessary in the processing of the high quality steels. The alloying elements are being added to the bath of molten steel

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E. A. France, Jr, Chief, Scrap Iron and Steel Unit, Office of Price Administration

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. A building truckload of discarded automobiles stripped of all usable parts and non-ferrous materials is delivered to a scrap iron dealer's processing plant in Baltimore, Maryland. This steel will be baled in huge hydraulic presses and sent to steel mills to feed the ever hungry furnaces now turning out steel for the national defense production program

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. An automobile graveyard outside Baltimore, Maryland. Scrapped oars are collected in such yards in every state. Usable parts are stripped from the chassis and the remainder of the car is sent to scrap iron dealers for processing and shipment to steel mills

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as these are a rich source of scrap materials for conversion into vitally needed defense material. Efforts are now being made to collect all such materials to alleviate threatened shortages (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. This gaunt row of discarded boilers represent a potential source of tons of steel for national defense production. House wreckers supply tons of cast iron and steel scrap that can be converted into steel to alleviate threatened shortages of this vital defense material (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway,

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Firing scrapped automobiles to provide steel for the National Defense production program. In these auto graveyards scrapped cars are stripped of all usable parts and then sent to scrap iron dealers who press and bale the metal for shipment to steel mills

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Auto "graveyards" where old worn out automobiles are stripped of usable parts. Non-ferrous materials are burned out and the steel chassis and bodies are sent on to scrap iron and steel dealers. Such yards as these supply tons of scrap iron, steel and rubber yearly which is now being used to alleviate shortages in vital defense materials (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. A building truckload of discarded automobiles stripped of all usable parts and non-ferrous materials is delivered to a scrap iron dealer's processing plant in Baltimore, Maryland. This steel will be baled in huge hydraulic presses and sent to steel mills to feed the ever hungry furnaces now turning out steel for the national defense production program

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. House wreckers supply tons of cast iron and steel materials that can be converted into steel for the national defense production program (U.S., Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Baling press and electro-magnetic crane in a scrap iron dealer's plant at Baltimore, Maryland. An entire automobile chassis and body are compressed into a small cube for shipment to steel mills where the scrap is converted into new steel. Sheet metal must be baled in this way to prevent its burning up in the fierce heat of the open hearth furnaces

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa More

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Auto "graveyards" where old worn out automobiles are stripped of usable parts. Non-ferrous materials are burned out and the steel chassis and bodies are sent on to scrap iron and steel dealers. Such yards as these supply tons of scrap iron, steel and rubber yearly which is now being used to alleviate shortages in

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as these are a rich source of scrap materials for conversion into vitally needed defense material. Efforts are now being made to collect all such materials to alleviate threatened shortages (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

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Loading scrap iron on Great Lakes boat. Superior, Wisconsin

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. An automobile graveyard outside Baltimore, Maryland. Scrapped oars are collected in such yards in every state. Usable parts are stripped from the chassis and the remainder of the car is sent to scrap iron dealers for processing and shipment to steel mills

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. It takes steel to make steel, even in the handling of scrap to feed the furnaces of the steel industry which is turning out increasing quantities of this vital defense material. This man operates a huge crane in a Baltimore, Maryland scrap dealer's yards. Such cranes are necessary to handle the large masses of scrap steel which pour through daily

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Firing scrapped automobiles to provide steel for the National Defense production program. In these auto graveyards scrapped cars are stripped of all usable parts and then sent to scrap iron dealers who press and bale the metal for shipment to steel mills

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as these are a rich source of scrap materials for conversion into vitally needed defense material. Efforts are now being made to collect all such materials to alleviate threatened shortages (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. House wreckers supply tons of cast iron and steel materials that can be converted into steel for the national defense production program (U.S., Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Steel for national defense. Scrap iron to feed the hungry furnaces of the steel mills (at least fifty percent scrap must be used in the open hearth process). In this Baltimore scrap iron dealer's plant, car bodies are compressed hydraulically into small cubes

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa More

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Auto "graveyards" where old worn out automobiles are stripped of usable parts. Non-ferrous materials are burned out and the steel chassis and bodies are sent on to scrap iron and steel dealers. Such yards as these supply tons of scrap iron, steel and rubber yearly which is now being used to alleviate shortages in

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. An automobile graveyard outside Baltimore, Maryland. Scrapped oars are collected in such yards in every state. Usable parts are stripped from the chassis and the remainder of the car is sent to scrap iron dealers for processing and shipment to steel mills

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Tires reclaimed from automobiles, scrapped for their iron and steel content. The rubber content of these tires can be reclaimed successfully to replace the use of new rubber in many articles. The U.S. Army is experimenting at the moment with the use of retreaded tires on trucks (U.S. Route 1,

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Steel for national defense. Scrap iron to feed the hungry furnaces of the steel mills (at least fifty percent scrap must be used in the open hearth process). In this Baltimore scrap iron dealer's plant, car bodies are compressed hydraulically into small cubes

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa More

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Steel for national defense. Scrap iron to feed the hungry furnaces of the steel mills (at least fifty percent scrap must be used in the open hearth process). In this Baltimore scrap iron dealer's plant, car bodies are compressed hydraulically into small cubes

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Baling press and electro-magnetic crane in a scrap iron dealer's plant at Baltimore, Maryland. An entire automobile chassis and body are compressed into a small cube for shipment to steel mills where the scrap is converted into new steel. Sheet metal must be baled in this way to prevent its burning up in the fierce heat of the open hearth furnaces

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. The man behind the steel worker. A workman in an auto graveyard near Baltimore, Maryland, which is cooperating in the drive to increase collection of scrap iron and steel. Cars are stripped of usable parts and then burned to dispose of unusable material

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as these are a rich source of scrap materials for conversion into vitally needed defense material. Efforts are now being made to collect all such materials to alleviate threatened shortages (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. An automobile graveyard outside Baltimore, Maryland. Scrapped oars are collected in such yards in every state. Usable parts are stripped from the chassis and the remainder of the car is sent to scrap iron dealers for processing and shipment to steel mills

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Auto "graveyards" where old worn out automobiles are stripped of usable parts. Non-ferrous materials are burned out and the steel chassis and bodies are sent on to scrap iron and steel dealers. Such yards as these supply tons of scrap iron, steel and rubber yearly which is now being used to alleviate shortages in

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as these are a rich source of scrap materials for conversion into vitally needed defense material. Efforts are now being made to collect all such materials to alleviate threatened shortages (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Firing scrapped automobiles to provide steel for the National Defense production program. In these auto graveyards scrapped cars are stripped of all usable parts and then sent to scrap iron dealers who press and bale the metal for shipment to steel mills

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as these are a rich source of scrap materials for conversion into vitally needed defense material. Efforts are now being made to collect all such materials to alleviate threatened shortages (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War More

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. This gaunt row of discarded boilers represent a potential source of tons of steel for national defense production. House wreckers supply tons of cast iron and steel scrap that can be converted into steel to alleviate threatened shortages of this vital defense material (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway,

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Loading scrap iron on Great Lakes boat. Superior, Wisconsin

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Auto "graveyards" where old worn out automobiles are stripped of usable parts. Non-ferrous materials are burned out and the steel chassis and bodies are sent on to scrap iron and steel dealers. Such yards as these supply tons of scrap iron, steel and rubber yearly which is now being used to alleviate shortages in vital defense materials (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Firing scrapped automobiles to provide steel for the National Defense production program. In these auto graveyards scrapped cars are stripped of all usable parts and then sent to scrap iron dealers who press and bale the metal for shipment to steel mills

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as these are a rich source of scrap materials for conversion into vitally needed defense material. Efforts are now being made to collect all such materials to alleviate threatened shortages (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as these are a rich source of scrap materials for conversion into vitally needed defense material. Efforts are now being made to collect all such materials to alleviate threatened shortages (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. The man behind the steel worker. A workman in an auto graveyard near Baltimore, Maryland, which is cooperating in the drive to increase collection of scrap iron and steel. Cars are stripped of usable parts and then burned to dispose of unusable material

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Auto "graveyards" where old worn out automobiles are stripped of usable parts. Non-ferrous materials are burned out and the steel chassis and bodies are sent on to scrap iron and steel dealers. Such yards as these supply tons of scrap iron, steel and rubber yearly which is now being used to alleviate shortages in vital defense materials (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, excavation or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as these are a rich source of scrap materials for conversion into vitally needed defense material. Efforts are now being made to collect all such materials to alleviate threatened shortages (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. It takes steel to make steel, even in the handling of scrap to feed the furnaces of the steel industry which is turning out increasing quantities of this vital defense material. This man operates a huge crane in a Baltimore, Maryland scrap dealer's yards. Such cranes are necessary to handle the large masses of scrap steel which pour through daily

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as these are a rich source of scrap materials for conversion into vitally needed defense material. Efforts are now being made to collect all such materials to alleviate threatened shortages (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Tire reclaimed from automobiles, scrapped for their iron and steel content. The rubber content of these tires can be reclaimed successfully to replace the use of new rubber in many articles. The U.S. Army is experimenting at the moment with the use of retreaded tires on trucks (U.S. Route 1,

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. House wreckers supply tons of cast iron and steel materials that can be converted into steel for the national defense production program (U.S., Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as these are a rich source of scrap materials for conversion into vitally needed defense material. Efforts are now being made to collect all such materials to alleviate threatened shortages (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

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