Photograph
Power Units at Schwab & Company
| Men work in the meat processing room at Schwab & Company where machinery is powered by two International PA-50 power units and one PA-100 unit. |
| Image ID: | 66111 |
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| Creation Date: | 1941 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
| City: | Oklahoma City |
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| State: | Oklahoma |
| 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 466, Pg.184 |
| Original Dimensions: | 9.5 x 7.5 inches |
| The original caption reads: "April 15, 1941 was the fifth anniversary of making their own electricity for both power and lights, and the plant was never out of service over five minutes at one time during working hours. Besides lights, power is furnished for the refrigeration compressors and to run the meat processing machines. The unit ran 9,600 hours without opening. There are a total of 110 h.p. motors (electric) in the plant. NOTE: A story was run about this plant about three years ago in "POWERTRAX" as per Mr. Jones." |
| Engines |
| Blue collar workers |
| Electric apparatus and appliances |
| Men |
| Commercial buildings |
| Work clothes |
| Meat |
| Meat industry |
| Indoor photography |
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