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| Description: | Plate Steel Spiral Casing for 70,000 horse-power Niagara Falls hydraulic turbine unit at the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company erecting shop. The castin... |
| Date: | 09 1943 |
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| Description: | A real-life Rosie the Riveter instructs journalists on the Aviation Writers' Tour at the Goodyear Aircraft Factory. This plant manufactured Martin Marauder... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | An advertising brochure for the Invincible Cabin Monoplane, an airplane briefly manufactured by the Invincible Metal Furniture Company of Manitowoc. Text o... |
| Date: | 04 14 1956 |
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| Description: | Two men simultaneously weld. According to an original Falk caption, "rough weight. 72000 pound est.-Unit was rough machine to with [sic]. 1/4 inch o... |
| Date: | 06 1957 |
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| Description: | A seated man welds a sugar mill drive that was later purchased by E.L. Dennis Engineering Company of New Orleans, Louisiana and used by A. Wilbert's Sons M... |
| Date: | 07 03 1957 |
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| Description: | Two male employees ease the top half of a metal casing over a Parallel Double Red Shaft that was purchased by E.L. Smidth and Company. Original Falk captio... |
| Date: | 11 25 1957 |
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| Description: | A male employee operates a large machine at the Falk Corporation. The gear was purchased and used by the Falk Corporation. Original Falk caption reads: "Th... |
| Date: | 10 08 1958 |
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| Description: | Two male employees help transport a shipping shield. This shield was purchased by Stearns-Roger Company and used by Westinghouse. Original Falk caption rea... |
| Date: | 10 29 1965 |
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| Description: | A male employee inspects a discharge bowl that was later purchased by Fairbanks Morse and Company of Beloit, Wisconsin, and used by the Department of the I... |
| Date: | 05 31 1968 |
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| Description: | Primary drive that was manufactured in the Special High Speed Division. This drive was later purchased and used by the Vertol Division/Boeing Corporation. ... |
| Date: | 05 1968 |
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| Description: | Bull gear for a large shaft mounted BOF drive. Falk caption reads, "Finish cutting on Schiess hobber in Shop 4. Male employee in photograph is Erv Schneide... |
| Date: | 10 02 1969 |
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| Description: | Original Falk caption reads, "Views of bevel gear inspection equipment for future use-a product quality control publication." Man in photograph is Rob Scha... |
| Date: | 09 21 1971 |
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| Description: | Speed reducer that is a later component of a coal pulverizer. This product was purchased by the Foster Wheeler Corporation and used by the Public Service C... |
| Date: | 05 23 1973 |
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| Description: | Two employees, Bob Weiss and Clyde Tetzloff, attend to a drive that was purchased by Babcock and Wilcox Company and used by AEP Service Corporation. Falk c... |
| Date: | 03 31 1905 |
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| Description: | An unidentified Falk employee stands next to a large Steel Spur Gear. The sign in the photograph reads: "Cast Steel Spur Gear. Made by The Falk Co. Milwauk... |
| Date: | 03 1977 |
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| Description: | This particular unit was purchased by Allis Chalmers and used by the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company of the Tilden II Mine. |
| Date: | 03 1979 |
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| Description: | James Blaesius, a Falk employee, operates a fork-lift that carries a component of a conveyor drive. This unit was purchased by Kaisers Engineers and used b... |
| Date: | 05 1979 |
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| Description: | Original Falk caption reads, "General run of the mine large ring gears in various stages of manufacture waiting for subsequent machining operations. This s... |
| Date: | 10 30 1990 |
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| Description: | Original Falk caption reads, "Aerial view [of] main plant (October 1990)." |
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| Description: | Workers at the Malleable Iron Range Company prepare to rivet the top of a stove. The top is fitted to the body of the stove with a powerful leverage system... |
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