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Production. Magnesium. Enormous asbestos mittens must be worn by men handling the thousands of hot magnesium ingots produced daily at Basic Magnesium's giant plant in the southern Nevada desert. A number of units of this plant are now in production. Full operation is scheduled for the summer of 1943

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Production. Magnesium. Enormous asbestos mittens must be worn by men handling the thousands of hot magnesium ingots produced daily at Basic Magnesium's giant plant in the southern Nevada desert. A number of units of this plant are now in production. Full operation is scheduled for the summer of 1943

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, wooden frame, timber, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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Date

01/01/1943

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Contributors

Henle, Fritz, 1909-1993, photographer

United States. Office of War Information.

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Location

clark county

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Library of Congress

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http://www.loc.gov/

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