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Shopton, near Fort Madison, Iowa. Retiring a locomotive driver wheel in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway locomotive shops. The tire is heated until it expands sufficiently to be slipped onto the wheel. Contraction on cooling will hold it firmly in place

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Shopton, near Fort Madison, Iowa. Retiring a locomotive driver wheel in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway locomotive shops. The tire is heated until it expands sufficiently to be slipped onto the wheel. Contraction on cooling will hold it firmly in place

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a steam locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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01/01/1943
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Delano, Jack, photographer
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iowa
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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