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Electronics technician, Goodyear Aircraft Corp., Akron, Ohio

Electronics technician, Goodyear Aircraft Corp., Akron, Ohio

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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

This sheet of synthetic rubber coming off the rolling mill at the plan...

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Manufacture of self-sealing gas tanks, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio

Manufacture of self-sealing gas tanks, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., A...

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Loading raw rubber. Bales of raw rubber, removed from wooden crates in which they have traveled from Singapore, are wheeled up to this endless chain loader, which will automatically feed it into the "guillotine," the first step in making tires at an Ohio tire plant

Loading raw rubber. Bales of raw rubber, removed from wooden crates in...

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The halftrac production department of an Ohio tire plant now handling a large Army order displays a poster that expresses the sentiments of the management and the workers. Goodrich, Akron, Ohio

The halftrac production department of an Ohio tire plant now handling ...

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Barrage balloon manufacture. All out for defense! Scrambling out of the zipper-covered "manhole" in the nose of a gigantic barrage balloon, this worker has finished patching, touching up and checking the great bag, and is ready to give the signal to deflate the balloon, pack it and ship it to Uncle Sam's army training fields where balloon squadrons are learning the technique of handling the blimp-sized gas bags. This ship is of the ballonet type. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. All out for defense! Scrambling out of th...

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Giant tire manufacturing. Construction of modern airports and other military facilities which requires moving large quantities of earth necessitates equipment identified as earth movers. Earth movers use huge rubber tires like these, some of which cost as much as $2,500 each. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Giant tire manufacturing. Construction of modern airports and other mi...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. The entire floor space of this huge Ohio plant is devoted to the manufacture of airplane parts. Working areas are covered with canvas so that they may be individually heated. It is not possible to heat the entire air volume of the building, which approximates 45,000,000 cubic feet. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. The entire floor space of this huge Ohi...

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Raw rubber cut into pie-shape. Delivery end of the cutter. The wedge-shaped hunks of rubber fell out on this dusting tray where they are covered with soapstone dust to prevent them from sticking back together again. Rubber is cut in wedge shape, to assist in feeding it into the mill rolls during processing

Raw rubber cut into pie-shape. Delivery end of the cutter. The wedge-s...

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Raw rubber wheeled to mill room. Wagonload of cut rubber is carted from the cutting machine into the "make-up" room where ingredients are gathered, weighed and measured for each batch of rubber to be made up into General tires. Firestone (General Tires). Akron, Ohio.

Raw rubber wheeled to mill room. Wagonload of cut rubber is carted fro...

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Flotation bag manufacturing. This maze of fabric represents various parts of flotation bags for military aircraft which, when finished, will be like the huge air container shown in background. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Flotation bag manufacturing. This maze of fabric represents various pa...

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Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). Carefully selected soap is used in the making of solutions used during the manufacture of synthetic rubber. This worker is mixing a solution at the B.F. Goodrich plant, in Akron, Ohio. It is mixed in a nickel-lined tank. Goodrich

Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). Carefully selected soap is used in the ma...

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Conversion. Tire plant. This vulcanizing unit, largest in the world, was designed for the vulcanizing of giant tires used on earth-moving machinery, but is now helping out the war program by vulcanizing self-sealing gas tanks for the nation's war planes. The mold containing the tank has been lowered into the vulcanizing unit and the huge cover is being lowered into position before the heat is turned on

Conversion. Tire plant. This vulcanizing unit, largest in the world, w...

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Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). After the milling process, where crumbs of synthetic rubber are pressed into sheets, then trimmed to size and cooled, the sheets are placed in these charging and discharging vacuum dryers. Goodrich

Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). After the milling process, where crumbs o...

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Gigantic scrap yard in the heart of Akron, Ohio, was the scene of great activity during intensive scrap metal drive. Everything from old cannons to abandoned automobiles and dismantled lamp posts were turned in in order to provide scrap metal for the sinews of war

Gigantic scrap yard in the heart of Akron, Ohio, was the scene of grea...

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Workers on Rickenbacker rescue boat. A life raft built by Mrs. May E. Thompson and Robert S. Barnhart and six members of his crew drifted for three weeks in the Pacific before being picked up. Said Barnhart, when informed of the part they had played in the rescue, "it makes a fellow mighty happy to know that something he has done in the war effort has really cashed in"

Workers on Rickenbacker rescue boat. A life raft built by Mrs. May E. ...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. Handwork is still a vital operation in the production of airplane sub-assembly parts. Metal shaping is the job of this worker at a large Ohio plant. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Handwork is still a vital operation in ...

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Vacuum shaping machine. Flat carcasses taken from the storage racks are placed in this vacuum machine in which two things happen. First a combination vacuum suction and squeezing action pulls the tire into the shape it will always have in use. Second, an airbag is forced into the inside to provide inside strength for the curing step. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Vacuum shaping machine. Flat carcasses taken from the storage racks ar...

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Flotation bag manufacturing. Woman balloon room worker applying finishing touches to inflatable flotation bags used to float marine aircraft forced down at sea. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Flotation bag manufacturing. Woman balloon room worker applying finish...

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Flotation bag manufacture. Balloon room worker applies cement to airplane flotation bag in balloon room. This bag supports plane forced down at sea. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Flotation bag manufacture. Balloon room worker applies cement to airpl...

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Rubber reclamation. Old rubber goes back to work. An automatic rotary knife removes the wire band portion of a scrap tire. The tire body is then ready to pass through various stages of the xylos reclamation process at a well-known rubber plant. The wire band portion, imcluding a very small amount of rubber, goes to a smelter for recovery of the metal

Rubber reclamation. Old rubber goes back to work. An automatic rotary ...

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The tracks for Army halftrac cars run over bogie wheels which distribute the load and absorb shock through the springs on which they are mounted. The steel bases for these bogie wheels undergo inspection at a Midwest tire plant engaged in halftrac production. Goodrich, Akron, Ohio

The tracks for Army halftrac cars run over bogie wheels which distribu...

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Rubber reclamation. Rubber harvest from scrapped tires. Reclaimed, dried scrap rubber is plasticized on the eighty-four-inch mill roll of a xylos process plant in the Midwest. Pigments are added to give the properties desired in the finished product. As it comes off the mill rolls, the reclaimed substance has regained the appearance of new rubber. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Rubber harvest from scrapped tires. Reclaimed, dri...

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Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. After patterns have been laid out, workmen use electric knives to cut through several pieces simultaneously, much in the same manner employed by tailors in mass production unit factory. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

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Battery of curing molds. While the curing, or cooking, operation is going on for the tire we have followed through the plant, it is also going on simultaneously for hundreds of other tires in production. This view shows one corridor in the curing room where fifty tires are being cured at once. Additional molds flank this group on both sides of long corridor such as this one. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Battery of curing molds. While the curing, or cooking, operation is go...

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Closing the cover of the mold. Entirely automatic, the "watch-case" mold is closed by pushing a button, which starts several operations. First the airbag is filled with live steam which circulates during the entire process; next an automatic timer sets itself for the proper length of time and temperature; next pressure is exerted to squeeze the tire into the mold pattern. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Closing the cover of the mold. Entirely automatic, the "watch-case" mo...

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Self-sealing fuel tanks. Workers assembling building forms for the manufacture of self-sealing tanks for military aircraft. Goodrich

Self-sealing fuel tanks. Workers assembling building forms for the man...

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Self-sealing fuel tanks. Touching up with an air buffer the inside of a self-sealing fuel tank, working on the fitting for pipes, one of which carries the fuel to the motor and the other of which is the tank motors. These tanks are an important safety development for military development. Goodrich

Self-sealing fuel tanks. Touching up with an air buffer the inside of ...

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Self-sealing fuel tanks. Ready for shipment, this self-sealing fuel tank is about to be boxed and shipped. These tanks are a vitally important safety development in military aircraft. Goodrich

Self-sealing fuel tanks. Ready for shipment, this self-sealing fuel ta...

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Conversion. Beverage containers to aviation oxygen cylinders. Four major welding operations are essential to the manufacture of shatterproof oxygen cylinders for high altitude flying. In the first, the circumferential straps are securely welded to the cylindrical portion to prevent tearing of the metal. The process is shown above, taken in the metal division of a large Eastern rubber factory. Firestone, Akron, Ohio

Conversion. Beverage containers to aviation oxygen cylinders. Four maj...

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Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). These "crumbs" of synthetic rubber, free of water, are now being rolled into sheets. Goodrich

Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). These "crumbs" of synthetic rubber, free ...

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Samuel A. Lane School, 501 Howe Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Samuel A. Lane School, 501 Howe Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Lane School was constructed in 1902 as an elementary school and opened its doors in September, 1903. It was named after Samuel A. Lane, noted Historian and elected official of Akron. It was design... More

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Heat treatment is essential to develop the toughness necessary in the metal for U.S. warcraft. This worker is quenching a metal sheet which has just come from the furnace. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Heat treatment is essential to develop ...

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Glove for a gas bag. Fitting the outstretched fingers of a fabric patch to the side of a barrage balloon, this worker must be extremely careful to put the patch on smoothly. Any wrinkles might bind, pinch or chafe and cause leaks. Sewn and seamed inside this "glove" is a webbing of rope which will become part of the rigging which controls the giant balloon as it flies thousands of feet above cities, arsenals, or other bomber objectives. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Glove for a gas bag. Fitting the outstret...

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Getting supplies at the storehouse. This barrage balloon builder has come to the company's storehouse to obtain more reinforcing tape to fasten the seams of a barrage balloon. Small, but vital to production, every piece of material must pass over this counter and be recorded before issuance. The storekeeper is the only man who knows the secret formula for mixing the rubber cement combination which works most effectively in making air-tight seams. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Getting supplies at the storehouse. This ...

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Aircraft tire manufacture. Wide range of tire sizes required for military aircraft is illustrated by this photograph. Tire at bottom is of type used on average medium bomber while small tires at top are for tail wheels of various types. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Aircraft tire manufacture. Wide range of tire sizes required for milit...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. War production is in large measure a story of conversion, a story of using at once facilities already available while newer facilities are being readied. Formerly an airship dock, this huge building--thought to be the largest in the world with no interior supports--is now the scene of many busy shops turning out aircraft sub-assembly parts. Either new housing close to the plant or vastly improved public transportation will eventually have to be supplied, for the tires on the cars of the workers, and perhaps even the cars themselves, will in many instances give in before the end of the present emergency. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. War production is in large measure a st...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. Many strange-looking tools are required to get into the difficult places where rivets must be placed in the modern military airplane. Workers are working on an airplane sub-assembly part in an Ohio plant. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Many strange-looking tools are required...

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Tire building. This tire builder starts the carcass by slipping a layer of fabric onto the tire drum. The layer is made with the seam cut on the bias so that there will be no straight-across strain on the tire seams. The layer fits tightly, and each successive layer is banded to the preceding one by applied pressure. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Tire building. This tire builder starts the carcass by slipping a laye...

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Weighing ingredients. As in any recipe, this measuring of ingredients for the "batch" of the rubber must be done with great care. At this point it is determined whether the raw rubber will be converted into tread stock, fabric gum, tube stock, repair material or mechanical rubber stock. All ingredients--rubber, chemicals, liquids--are placed in the metal tub, and delivered to the mill room for processing. General Tires, Akron, Ohio

Weighing ingredients. As in any recipe, this measuring of ingredients ...

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Rubber reclamation. Rubber from old tires. Salvaged rubber, in the form of small pieces, passes over dewatering screens after it leaves the wash tanks. The pieces are secured by dissolving the fabric from gold casings cut into small sections after renewal of bead portions. The process, known as the xylos process, is employed in a large Midwest rubber plant. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Rubber from old tires. Salvaged rubber, in the for...

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Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Women workers in balloon room. In foreground they are applying seats and accessories to boat while worker in background is applying coat of rubber paint to bottom of boat. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

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Leaving this tire builder's hands, this finished carcass is rolled away to the vacuum expanding machines, or to storage until these machine operators are ready for it. Since the rubber throughout the carcass is not yet cured, the tire is still somewhat soft and squashy. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Leaving this tire builder's hands, this finished carcass is rolled awa...

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A track for an Army halftrac car nears completion as curing plates nuts are removed with an air pressure wrench on the trimming rack of a Midwest rubber plant. Goodrich, Akron, Ohio

A track for an Army halftrac car nears completion as curing plates nut...

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Aircraft tire manufacture. Workman packages airplane tires of type in common use on U.S. military fighter aircraft. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Aircraft tire manufacture. Workman packages airplane tires of type in ...

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Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires, with beads removed, are fed to the "cracker," or grinding machine, of a big Midwest tire plant. The machine breaks the scrap tire into small pieces to facilitate removal of rubber from fabric. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires, with beads removed, are fed to the "c...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. This riveter is applying the finishing touches to highly-polished surface of a portion of aircraft sub-assembly at an Ohio plant. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. This riveter is applying the finishing ...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. Nearly ready to take its place in the battle for humanity, this control car for a naval non-rigid airship is receiving the finishing touches at the huge airship dock of an Ohio rubber company. Workers are here installing one of the two powerful motors which provide the power for the ship. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Nearly ready to take its place in the b...

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Self-sealing fuel tanks. This worker is applying covering to self-sealing tanks, an important safety development for military aircraft. Goodrich

Self-sealing fuel tanks. This worker is applying covering to self-seal...

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Self-sealing fuel tanks. The workers are placing unvulcanized self-sealing fuel tanks in the vulcanizer, to weld the component parts securely together. These tanks are a valuable safety development in military aircraft. Goodrich

Self-sealing fuel tanks. The workers are placing unvulcanized self-sea...

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Members of the armed forces demonstrate before Borofs gun in Akron, Ohio. Special plea for scrap metal was part of rally which yielded tremendous amounts of steel scrap

Members of the armed forces demonstrate before Borofs gun in Akron, Oh...

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Self-sealing fuel tanks. These workers are applying covering to self-sealing tanks, an important safety development for military aircraft. Goodrich

Self-sealing fuel tanks. These workers are applying covering to self-s...

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Stan Hywet Hall, Garden House & Garden, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, Garden House & Garden, 714 North Portage Path, Akron,...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-67 Survey number: HABS OH-50-B Building/structure dates: 1915 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75002058

Samuel A. Lane School, 501 Howe Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Samuel A. Lane School, 501 Howe Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Lane School was constructed in 1902 as an elementary school and opened its doors in September, 1903. It was named after Samuel A. Lane, noted Historian and elected official of Akron. It was design... More

Formerly an aircraft dock, this huge building -- thought to be the largest in the world with no interior supports -- is now the scene of many busy shops turning out aircraft sub-assembly parts, Goodyear Aircraft Corp., Akron, Ohio. Either new housing close to the plant or vastly improved public transportation will eventually have to be supplied, for the tires on the cars of the workers, and perhaps even the cars themselves, will in many instances give in before the end of the present emergency

Formerly an aircraft dock, this huge building -- thought to be the lar...

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Fitting a manhold vent in the sidewall of a barrage balloon. These workers are putting in the final pieces of equipment on a completed barrage balloon, just prior to its deflation, packing and shipping to an army air base. In the foreground is a balloon ready for test inflation with air which will also be inspected during inflation. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Fitting a manhold vent in the sidewall of...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Nearly ready to take its place in the battle for humanity, this control car for a naval non-rigid airship is receiving the finishing touches at the huge airship dock of an Ohio rubber company. Workers are here installing one of the two powerful motors which provide the power for the ship. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Nearly ready to take its place in the b...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. The art of the seamstress has a place in the building of these boats, as illustrated here. Worker is stitching various accessories which will be applied to boats in the course of their construction. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

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Halftrac production. The track of an Army halftrac is positioned in the curing mold at a Midwest rubber plant. The operation is performed with a wooden paddle. Goodrich, Akron, Ohio

Halftrac production. The track of an Army halftrac is positioned in th...

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Rubber reclamation. Reclaiming rubber from scrap tires. An attendant at a large Midwest xylos process plant checks temperature on a continuous belt dryer which removes every trace of water. Recovery of rubber from old casings is based on dissolving and washing away all tire fibers and processing the resultant rubber material. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Reclaiming rubber from scrap tires. An attendant a...

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Self-sealing fuel tanks. Not only as nurses behind the battle lines, but as workers in the factories producing important war goods, women are doing much to win this war and to spare the lives of the men doing the actual fighting. These girls are preparing a metal tank to receive bullet-sealing cover. Bullet-sealing covers are an important new safety development to military aviation. Goodrich

Self-sealing fuel tanks. Not only as nurses behind the battle lines, b...

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War production suggestions. For making a contribution that will safeguard lives of combat pilots, James A. Merrill, research chemist at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio, was presented with a Citation of Individual Production Merit by War Production headquarters of the War Production Board (WPB). His suggestion concerned development of a resistant barrier to aromatic fuels used in bullet seal tanks on airplanes. It will help keep planes in the air under extreme weather conditions, save the lives of pilots returning in planes with gas tanks pierced by bullets, and lessen unnecessary plane crashes

War production suggestions. For making a contribution that will safegu...

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Conversion. Beverage containers to aviation oxygen cylinders. Before completion of the fourth and final welding operation in the manufacture of shatterproof oxygen cylinders for high altitude flying, all straps are subjected to physical tests to determine the strength of the weld. Occasional radiographic inspections are made to insure the quality of workmanship after the two halves of the cylinder are brought together in this atomic welding machine and made one unit. Here, the operator has just completed the union and is about to remove the whole cylinder. Firestone, Akron, Ohio

Conversion. Beverage containers to aviation oxygen cylinders. Before c...

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Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). This is finished synthetic rubber, ready for shipment in large paper drums holding 200 pounds each. It is about to leave the Akron, Ohio synthetic rubber plant of the B. F. Goodrich Company

Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). This is finished synthetic rubber, ready ...

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Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). This worker is standing on a "blowdown" tank, about ready to tap a polymerizer tank at the Akron, Ohio synthetic rubber plant of the B.F. Goodrich Company. The latex blended in the latter tank is stabilized in the "blow downs." A large blending tank increases the uniformity of these synthetic solutions by mixing the contents of seven or eight of these tanks. Goodrich

Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). This worker is standing on a "blowdown" t...

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Panoramic view of Akron, O., Panoramic Photograph

Panoramic view of Akron, O., Panoramic Photograph

J158302 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; July 31, 1911. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O.

Stan Hywet Hall, Carriage House & Garage, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, Carriage House & Garage, 714 North Portage Path, Akro...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-67 Survey number: HABS OH-50-A Building/structure dates: 1912 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75002058

Stan Hywet Hall, Carriage House & Garage, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, Carriage House & Garage, 714 North Portage Path, Akro...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-67 Survey number: HABS OH-50-A Building/structure dates: 1912 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75002058

Stan Hywet Hall, Carriage House & Garage, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, Carriage House & Garage, 714 North Portage Path, Akro...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-67 Survey number: HABS OH-50-A Building/structure dates: 1912 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75002058

Stan Hywet Hall, Carriage House & Garage, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, Carriage House & Garage, 714 North Portage Path, Akro...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-67 Survey number: HABS OH-50-A Building/structure dates: 1912 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75002058

Tracks for Army halftracs cars, made of rubber firmly bonded to steel members, are cured under heat and pressure in tracks molds which are first sprayed with a mold lubricant. The work is done in an Ohio tire plant. Goodrich, Akron, Ohio

Tracks for Army halftracs cars, made of rubber firmly bonded to steel ...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. Here is the "dope room" at a huge Ohio plant. The fabric covering control surfaces for military aircraft is here doped, or covered with protective paints. This worker is spraying surfaces with a special lacquer to make them glossy and weather-proof. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Here is the "dope room" at a huge Ohio ...

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Aircraft tire manufacture. Wide range of tire sizes required for military aircraft is illustrated by this photograph. Tire at bottom is of type used on average medium bomber while small tires at top are for tail wheels of various types. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Aircraft tire manufacture. Wide range of tire sizes required for milit...

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Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires mobilized for Victory. Millions of discarded casings cover more than 100 acres at one Midwest recovery plant. Systematic piling and sectional arrangement reduce fire hazard. Special processes will separate metal from the tires and tube bodies. The reclaimed material will be used to manufacture thousands of essential mechanical rubber products. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires mobilized for Victory. Millions of dis...

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Checking fabric rolling off calendar. Through this calendaring machine, the heated cords are squeezed through warm rubber under terrific pressure which completely insulates each individual cord in its own sheath of rubber, and produces an extremely strong fabric of the weftless type. Close watch is kept to maintain uniform thickness and texture at all times. In front of the worker is the trough into which a fresh supply of special gum rubber is constantly being added. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Checking fabric rolling off calendar. Through this calendaring machine...

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Flotation bag manufacturing. Woman balloon room worker applying finishing touches to inflatable flotation bags used to float marine aircraft forced down at sea. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Flotation bag manufacturing. Woman balloon room worker applying finish...

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Fin-shaping cords. These workers are inside the rear-right horizontal fin of a barrage balloon, checking the ropes which give the fin shape and hold it together. Since barrage balloons are non-rigid and entirely collapsible, these ropes come closest to being the "back-bone" for the gigantic "defenders of cities." General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Fin-shaping cords. These workers are insi...

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The serial numbers of each track for Army halftrac vehicles crated for shipment from a Midwest tire plant are given a final check. Goodrich, Akron, Ohio

The serial numbers of each track for Army halftrac vehicles crated for...

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Warehouse view of cord stock. Cord stock as it is received from the mill. This special twist cotton cord comes from southern mills. It differs from other tire cords in that it is woven and twisted by gear-driven machinery instead of belt-driven equipment. Slips and strains of belt-machinery are reflected in the cord and on into the finished tire, whereas in a gear-driven machine there are no slippages, therefore no weakened cords in the finished tire. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Warehouse view of cord stock. Cord stock as it is received from the mi...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. This young worker is an expert at sewing fabric onto movable control surfaces. The section on which he is now working, at this huge Ohio plant, will eventually be part of a U.S. bombing plane. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. This young worker is an expert at sewin...

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Rubber reclamation. Producing reclaimed rubber. One of the machines used in converting scrap rubber into reclaim stock in a large Midwest plant which utilizes old tires in making sheet rubber. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Producing reclaimed rubber. One of the machines us...

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Rubber reclamation. Harvesting rubber from discarded tires. Scrap rubber, reclaimed by dissolving and washing out the fibrous materials in old casings, goes through the first refining process in a big Midwest plant. The cleaned, plasticized scrap passes through rolls which carry off dirt and foreign particles at the sides. The refined rubber is then gathered in sheets for further steps in the xylos process. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Harvesting rubber from discarded tires. Scrap rubb...

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Aircraft tire manufacture. Inspector in rubber factory checks large airplane tire prior to preparation for shipment. Stack of airplane tires for a famous American fighter are shown in background. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Aircraft tire manufacture. Inspector in rubber factory checks large ai...

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It won't be long before this track will be helping an Army halftrac car negotiate rough country in a hurry. Final trimming and the assembly of guides on cross plates are done on a finishing machine in a Midwest tire plant. Goodrich, Akron, Ohio

It won't be long before this track will be helping an Army halftrac ca...

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Placing the raw tube in the curing mold. This tire worker gives the tubes the same treatment his co-workers give tires; They are cured in a watch-case mold for the required length of time at the proper heat. Naturally tubes take less time than tires because they are single thickness. They are their own "airbags" and are cured inside and out by having live steam forced through them during the cooking process. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Placing the raw tube in the curing mold. This tire worker gives the tu...

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Rubber reclamation. They help produce reclaimed rubber. Workers at a big Midwest recovery plant where junked rubber is prepared for processing into thousands of essential products. In many of these products reclaimed material serves better than raw rubber. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. They help produce reclaimed rubber. Workers at a b...

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Rubber stock for the track treads of scout cars and other Army halftrac vehicles is milled in one Ohio tire plant. All rubber firmly "welded" to the steel parts is formed into one tough durable piece. Goodrich, Akron, Ohio

Rubber stock for the track treads of scout cars and other Army halftra...

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Lineup of cementers. Assembling patterns into gores which in turn are assembled into balloon sections, these workers are charged with making seams strong and gas-tight, since the full tug of gas from the inside, and rigging on the outside is exerted on these sections. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Lineup of cementers. Assembling patterns ...

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Molds automatically open. At the end of the curing time, the mold draws the steam out of the airbag, opens the lid and ejects the tire from the tread pattern. Workers need to do nothing but pull out the finished tire and put in another uncured carcass. General Tires, Firestone, Akron, Ohio

Molds automatically open. At the end of the curing time, the mold draw...

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Forming the bead with "saucer," this tire builder follows every curve of the tire, shaping and pressing on the new layer. This saucer is matched by another on the far side of the tire which works on the other side at the same time, assuring perfect balance of the finished tire. The saucers may be swiveled in every direction to press the tire at right angles or lightly at a tangent. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Forming the bead with "saucer," this tire builder follows every curve ...

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Fill 'er up! Tugging at the large hose, known as the "inflation sleeve", this worker stands inside the "manhole" of a new barrage balloon to guide the sleeve into the opening through which it will pump air to test the giant rubber balloon for leaks. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Fill 'er up! Tugging at the large hose, known as the "inflation sleeve...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. A complicated system of storing parts for airplane sub-assembly assures workers at an Ohio plant that they will not be held up for parts. Here is a portion of the huge storeroom, with a worker piling small sections where they will be available at a moment's notice. Constant inventory is kept. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. A complicated system of storing parts f...

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Conversion. Beverage containers to aviation oxygen cylinders. Once the two-half cylinders are joined together into a complete shatterproof high altitude flying oxygen cylinder on the production line of a huge rubber factory now producing metal essential for the Army, all traces of inside weld scale must be removed to prevent contamination of oxygen. In this process, a special chemical solution is drawn through the cylinder at controlled temperature and all foreign matter is removed. Firestone, Akron, Ohio

Conversion. Beverage containers to aviation oxygen cylinders. Once the...

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Giant tire manufacturer. This husky workman, standing six feet four inches tall, looks small indeed as he uses air pressure to clean the lid of the world's largest vulcanizing unit at a large Eastern tire plant. The top section of this mold, now being prepared to vulcanize a large bullet-sealing gasoline tank, weighs sixteen tons and can also be used to vulcanize tires ten feet in diameter

Giant tire manufacturer. This husky workman, standing six feet four in...

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Self-sealing fuel tanks. Inspecting finished self-sealing fuel tanks. These tanks are extremely valuable for military aircraft, having been designed to prevent the explosion of tanks and leaking from bullet holes. Goodrich

Self-sealing fuel tanks. Inspecting finished self-sealing fuel tanks. ...

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Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). Now thoroughly dried, these sheets of synthetic rubber are packed in larger paper drums, each holding 200 pounds for shipment. Goodrich

Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). Now thoroughly dried, these sheets of syn...

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Conversion. Tire plant. This vulcanizing unit, largest in the world, was designed for the vulcanizing of giant tires used on earth-moving machinery, but is now helping out the war program by vulcanizing self-sealing gas tanks for the nation's war planes. The special mold containing the tank is being lowered into position in the tire vulcanizing unit. When it is in place, the huge cover of the unit will be lowered into position and closed. The heat will then be turned on to cure the raw rubber of the gas tank

Conversion. Tire plant. This vulcanizing unit, largest in the world, w...

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Conversion. Beverage containers to aviation oxygen cylinders. The first step in the manufacture of high-altitude-flying shatterproof oxygen cylinders in the metal department of a large rubber factory is the forming or stamping of the shell. Stainless steel sheets are blanked or cut into discs(left foreground). Before stamping, these discs are drawn through rolls where a drawing compound is added to both sides to facilitate the forming of the shell. The 750-ton toggle press, shown above, forms a half cylinder in one powerful stroke. Once the half cylinder is formed, it is trimmed and the value-fitting hole is punched into the spherical dome. A cleaning operation later removes the drawing compound. The cylinder halves are now ready for the various welding operations. Firestone, Akron, Ohio

Conversion. Beverage containers to aviation oxygen cylinders. The firs...

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Flotation bag manufacturing. There are as many types of flotation bags as there are types of planes. In this picture; small flotation bags for insertion in tips of wings of planes which must fly over water, are shown. These bags can be inflated quickly from compressed air cylinders to support planes forced down at seas. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Flotation bag manufacturing. There are as many types of flotation bags...

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Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires mobilized for Victory. Millions of discarded casings cover more than 100 acres at one Midwest recovery plant. Systematic piling and sectional arrangement reduce fire hazard. Special processes will separate metal from the tires and tube bodies. The reclaimed material will be used to manufacture thousands of essential mechanical rubber products. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires mobilized for Victory. Millions of dis...

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