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Close-up showing bracing arrangement on gear cutter. Giant arms holding gear in place are changed to adjust the rotating gear to the cutting mechanism. The job takes three to six weeks of day and night operation for completion. This is one of many highly specialized big precision jobs the converted American industry is turning out for Uncle's Sam's modern fighting ships

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Close-up showing bracing arrangement on gear cutter. Giant arms holding gear in place are changed to adjust the rotating gear to the cutting mechanism. The job takes three to six weeks of day and night operation for completion. This is one of many highly specialized big precision jobs the converted American industry is turning out for Uncle's Sam's modern fighting ships

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Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).
Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog 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 32, frame 2182.

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01/01/1942
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