Jalopies for defense. These cubes of scrap metal were once the bodies of junked automobiles, rotting in ugly auto graveyards from coast to coast. They will now provide some of the millions of tons of scrap steel so badly needed for defense production. They are baled up in this manner to prevent their burning away when they are thrown into the blazing inferno of an open hearth steel furnace. Open hearth furnaces are fed with approximately 50 percent scrap steel
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Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Date
01/01/1941
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United States. Office for Emergency Management.
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Library of Congress
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Public Domain