Production. Aircraft. Here's one good reason why refrigerator freezing trays and other aluminum gadgets are out for the duration. On trays in the background are hundreds of aluminum castings going into Lockheed bombers and fighters. Every prime casting is "explored" in a huge X-ray camera like the one seen here. On X-ray film, flaws that might cause failure of these vital parts show up plainly to the expert eye, and the part is discarded
Summary
Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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Date
01/01/1942
Contributors
Bransby, David, photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
Location
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.), 34.18083, -118.30889
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain