Woman with Copper Tubing for Torpedo | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Woman with Copper Tubing for Torpedo

Woman with Copper Tubing for Torpedo | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
A woman wearing a hat, protective gloves, and safety glasses uses a tool to bend copper tubing used in making aircraft torpedoes at an International Harvester Company factory. The original caption reads: "International Harvester developed an important time-saving technique for the bending of copper tubing used in the torpedo. It is one of the most important contributions the Company made to the mass production of torpedoes. Large tubes, which are to be cold bent, are filled with silica sand before bending. Plugs are inserted in each end of the tube to keep the sand in place. This photograph shows a tube after it has been filled with sand and with the ends plugged."
DESCRIPTION
A woman wearing a hat, protective gloves, and safety glasses uses a tool to bend copper tubing used in making aircraft torpedoes at an International Harvester Company factory. The original caption reads: "International Harvester developed an important time-saving technique for the bending of copper tubing used in the torpedo. It is one of the most important contributions the Company made to the mass production of torpedoes. Large tubes, which are to be cold bent, are filled with silica sand before bending. Plugs are inserted in each end of the tube to keep the sand in place. This photograph shows a tube after it has been filled with sand and with the ends plugged."
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:63748
Creation Date: 05 25 1943
Creator Name:International Harvester Company
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Collection Name:International Harvester Company photo albums, circa 1899-1965
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:photographic print, b&w
Original Format Number:MCC MSS 7Z, Album 600, Pg.1943
Original Dimensions:8 x 10 inches
SUBJECTS
Eyeglasses
Hats
Protective clothing
Work clothes
Tools
Factories
Agricultural machinery industry
Industrial buildings
Artillery
War work
World War, 1939-1945
African Americans
Indoor photography
Women
Blue collar workers

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