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Check and triple check. Final inspection of breach rings for medium caliber guns in an eastern arsenal. Greatest accuracy marks production in the war program

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Check and triple check. Final inspection of breach rings for medium caliber guns in an eastern arsenal. Greatest accuracy marks production in the war program

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Tying in new spools. This is a highly skilled occupation, and is supervised at this tire company by a man whose previous training was in a weaving mill in Scotland. The deft weaver's knot, which will not pull out, must be tied in the fraction of a second whenever a break occurs, to catch the broken ends together without interrupting the flow of cord. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Check and triple check. Final inspection of breach rings for medium caliber guns in an eastern arsenal. Greatest accuracy marks production in the war program

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01/01/1942

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Palmer, Alfred T., photographer

United States. Office for Emergency Management.

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Watervliet (N.Y.), 42.73000, -73.70111

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