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Venda Ravioli Inc. (pasta-making plant), 31 Rathbone St., Providence, Rhode Island

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Venda Ravioli Inc. (pasta-making plant), 31 Rathbone St., Providence, Rhode Island

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Index data: 1-3, Frank Galea operates cavatelli machine (cavatelli is similar to macaroni): dough placed in hopper on top is pressed and sliced, then cut and rolled into shape; 4-6, Conveyor belt on cavatelli machine transports cavatelli to dryer. Moving screens in dryer can be set for various speeds for various drying times; Cavatelli should dry for about 30 minutes. Galea watches belt; 7-9, Dried cavatelli emerges from machine on conveyor and drops into pan. Owner Alan Constantino can be seen with Galea in 8-9; 10-11, Galea operates dough sheeter machine which presses dough into flat sheets (called "macaroni sheets") for various types of pasta; 12, Dough is loaded into hopper on top of dough sheeter; 13-15, Galea pulls flat sheets of dough ("macaroni sheets") from dough sheeter; 16-18, Galea spreads dough sheets onto long table to prepare for hand cutting of dough; 19-24, Stella Sciarra (Alan Constantino's aunt) fills pasta with meat extruded from machine to prepare cannelloni; then she wraps and boxes completed cannelloni; 25, Constantino watches as Antonio DiGrovangiacomo checks mixing blades of dough extruder; 26, Constantino talks to unidentified man, probably explaining that he should not be inside plant; 27, Finished with cannelloni making, Sciarra prepares to wash her equipment; 28-30, Galea spreads macaroni sheets onto table from sheeter, piling the sheets several layers thick for hand cutting; 31-33, Galea holds up macaroni sheet to demonstrate its thinness; 34-36, Anthony Gianfrancesco adjusts conveyor belt on cavatelli machine; 37, DiaGrovancesco works on blades of dough extruder

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01/01/1979
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