"Engine pistons by the thousands are shipped each day from Ford Motor Company's new aluminum castings plant at Sheffield, Ala."

"Engine pistons by the thousands are shipped each day from Ford Motor Company's new aluminum castings plant at Sheffield, Ala."

"Pistons account for a major percentage of the daily tonnage of parts cast at the new Ford plant from metal delivered in molten form from a nearby reduction plant of Reynolds Metal Company. Here, a 15-station trunnion wheel moves pistons past three saws which cut off side gates and top rise, ex...

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Alabama Photographs and Pictures
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"Engine pistons by the thousands are shipped each day from Ford Motor Company's new aluminum castings plant at Sheffield, Ala."
fulltopic Alabama Photographs and Pictures
Automobile industry; Business & industry; Machinery; Sheffield (Ala.); Colbert County (Ala.)
description "Pistons account for a major percentage of the daily tonnage of parts cast at the new Ford plant from metal delivered in molten form from a nearby reduction plant of Reynolds Metal Company. Here, a 15-station trunnion wheel moves pistons past three saws which cut off side gates and top rise, excess metal which is poured into molds to form the parts. Each of four machines processes about 1,100 pistons an hour."
spelling Q0000036872Q36872"Engine pistons by the thousands are shipped each day from Ford Motor Company's new aluminum castings plant at Sheffield, Ala.""Pistons account for a major percentage of the daily tonnage of parts cast at the new Ford plant from metal delivered in molten form from a nearby reduction plant of Reynolds Metal Company. Here, a 15-station trunnion wheel moves pistons past three saws which cut off side gates and top rise, excess metal which is poured into molds to form the parts. Each of four machines processes about 1,100 pistons an hour."1958 October 291950-1959Automobile industry; Business & industry; Machinery; Sheffield (Ala.); Colbert County (Ala.)Still imagePhotographsAlabama. State Chamber of CommerceAlabama State Chamber of Commerce recordsPB/G/5, Box 43v35033Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/15253
title "Engine pistons by the thousands are shipped each day from Ford Motor Company's new aluminum castings plant at Sheffield, Ala."
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