This sheet of synthetic rubber coming off the rolling mill at the plant is now ready for drying, B.F. Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio. Synthetic rubber made by the "ameripol" process is derived from butadiene (a petroleum derivative). In this rolling mill the crumbs of rubber are squeezed dry of excess water and pressed together into the blanket shown here
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12002-28.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
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Date
01/01/1939
Location
akron
Source
Library of Congress
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