Photograph
Naranja Rock Company Incorporated
| Men loading cement blocks onto rolling carts in an open-air building at Naranja Rock Company Incorporated. An International Model 200 power unit was used to power various machinery. |
| Image ID: | 66165 |
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| Creation Date: | 05 12 1939 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
| City: | Naranja |
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| State: | Florida |
| 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 465, Pg.112 |
| Original Dimensions: | 9.5 x 7.5 inches |
| The original caption reads: "The Naranja Rock Company, Inc., located in Naranja (Dade County), Florida, build 200 building blocks (8x8x16 inches) per hour, using an International Model 200 power unit that operates all equipment in the plant, including a 16-cubic foot Dunn concrete mixer, an Anchor block machine, and Goulds 4-inch, 2-cylinder bulldozer type water pump which lifts water 35 feet from a well to a tank where an 1150-gallon supply is maintained at 150 pounds pressure. The engine was purchased second hand in December, 1938, and uses only 5 gallons distillate (8 cents per gallon) per 10-hour day." |
| Hats |
| Work clothes |
| Cement industries |
| Industrial buildings |
| Machinery |
| Men |
| Engines |
| Carriages and carts |
| Blue collar workers |
| Outdoor photography |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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