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Three-inch A.A. cartridge cases. Antiaircraft cartridge cases are unloaded from a stress-annealing furnace which has made them soft, uniform and ductile, ready for succeeding machine operations. The big Midwest plant doing this work is ideally equipped for volume production of war necessities like these cases

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01/01/1942

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Contributors

Palmer, Alfred T., photographer

United States. Office for Emergency Management.

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Location

Stow (Ohio), 41.15944, -81.44028

Google Map of 41.159444444444446, -81.44027777777778

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Library of Congress

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http://www.loc.gov/

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