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Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. The woodcarving skill of those capable hands has delighted thousands of children riding the horses of merry-go-rounds. Their skill has now been diverted for the duration to lathe work on landing gear housings for the deadly Airacobra. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. The woodcarving skill of those capab...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Toy factory. These two girls, Stephanie Cewe and Ann Manemeit, have turned their skill from peacetime production of toy trains to the assembling of parachute flare casings for the armies of democracy. Along with other workers in this Eastern plant, they have turned their skill to the vital needs of the day, and in many cases have seen to it that the machinery they used to use does Uncle Sam's most important work today. Stephanie, left, is assembling toy locomotives, driving screws and nuts with an electric screwdriver, while Ann is at her peacetime job assembling locomotive housings to their chassis. Today both girls are working with electric screwdrivers, assembling parachute flare casings. A. C. Gilbert Company, New Haven, Connecticut

Conversion. Toy factory. These two girls, Stephanie Cewe and Ann Manem...

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Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. The capable hands of this craftsman belie the adage that an old dog cannot learn new tricks. For years those hands have carved most of the horses that appear on American carrousels. For the duration they're operating this lathe and machining landing gear housings for the dread Airacobra pursuit ship. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. The capable hands of this craftsman ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in New York harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These hands and this machine used to turn out merry-go-rounds to gladden the hearts of the nation's children. The carrousel plant in which they work is now engaged in producing war parts on subcontracts from army and navy contractors. This drill press, operated by machinist Mathew Kipa, has been to face milling operations on landing gear housings for airplanes. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These hands and this machine used to...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Cash registers to gun magazines. A special machine drills and reams holes in relay lighting charge housings for 37mm shells. The work is done in a converted cash register factory. National Cash Register Compnay, Dayton, Ohio

Conversion. Cash registers to gun magazines. A special machine drills ...

Public domain photograph of a woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Machinists drilling and reaming valve guide holes in aluminum valve housings for the Packard marine engine. Packard marine engine plant, Detroit

Machinists drilling and reaming valve guide holes in aluminum valve ho...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pickwick Dam. View of generator hall from visitors' overlook Note that photograph shows initial stage; present installation extended to four generators; ultimately six. Generator housings have been designed and finished on all projects with attention to architectural appearance as well as engineering efficiency

Pickwick Dam. View of generator hall from visitors' overlook Note that...

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

Conversion. Paper machinery to plant wing parts. All bearing surfaces on turret gun mount housings for M-3 tanks are rough planed and finished planed on a fifty inch by fifty inch four-head planer. The job is being done in the plant of an Eastern paper machinery manufacturer who is also turning out naval sights and plane wing equipment

Conversion. Paper machinery to plant wing parts. All bearing surfaces ...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Conversion. Paper machinery to naval sights. Sight rings and details for open naval sights are inspected in the plant of an Eastern paper machinery manufacturer who is also turning out tank gun mount housings and plane wing equipment

Conversion. Paper machinery to naval sights. Sight rings and details f...

Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These are landing gear housings for war planes. They are turned out by a New York state plant which formerly made merry-go-rounds and now makes numerous bits and pieces for the war program. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These are landing gear housings for ...

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Norris Dam and powerhouse. Norris generator hall. Turbines are enclosed in and below round concrete housings, generators are contained in steel upper portion. In peacetime visitors are admitted to balcony shown at left to inspect control room and are then taken to generator floor. Roof trusses are considered unattractive; later projects are framed with rigid steel arches

Norris Dam and powerhouse. Norris generator hall. Turbines are enclose...

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Burring landing gear housing. Two women workers are shown on the job at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. burring landing gear housings for "Vengeance" dive bombers. Women have proved themselves most efficient at repetitive hand operations of this type. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Burring landing gear hous...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Norris Dam and powerhouse. Norris generator hall. Turbines are enclosed in and below round concrete housings, generators are contained in steel upper portion. In peacetime visitors are admitted to balcony shown at left to inspect control room and are then taken to generator floor. Roof trusses are considered unattractive; later projects are framed with rigid steel arches

Norris Dam and powerhouse. Norris generator hall. Turbines are enclose...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description