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Conversion. Farm implements to cargo winches. Hobbing five bull gears simultaneously for a plow tractor prior to the conversion of a Midwestern farm implement manufacturer. The machine has since been adapted to cutting gears for cargo winches for the Maritime Commission

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Conversion. Farm implements to cargo winches. Hobbing five bull gears simultaneously for a plow tractor prior to the conversion of a Midwestern farm implement manufacturer. The machine has since been adapted to cutting gears for cargo winches for the Maritime Commission

Conversion. Farm implements to cargo winches. Hobbing five bull gears simultaneously for a plow tractor prior to the conversion of a Midwestern farm implement manufacturer. The machine has since been adapted to cutting gears for cargo winches for the Maritime Commission

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Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s industrial development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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01/01/1942

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Richie, Robert Yarnall, photographer

United States. Office of War Information.

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Mid Calder, 55.89261, -3.48002

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