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Subcontracting. Bogie-wheel assembly. A new jig is machined for use in the milling of a rubber plate in a bogie-wheel assembly. The work is being done in the machine shop of an Eastern subcontractor. Painesville Machine Company

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Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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Date

01/01/1942

person

Contributors

Palmer, Alfred T., photographer

United States. Office of War Information.

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lake county

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Library of Congress

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http://www.loc.gov/

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