Transformer manufacture. It's a formidable task, but Jack Hassel can wind one of these asbestos insulated low volts coils in a day. Essential to America's war efforts, these asbestos coils are used in air cooled transformers which are explosion-proof, hence advantageous for use in ships, mines and large buildings. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania
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Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Date
01/01/1942
Contributors
Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
United States. Office for Emergency Management.
Location
Sharon (Pa.), 41.23306, -80.49333
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain