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Big Machines on the Factory Floor

Date: 06 10 1924
Description: Worker stands on a Nordberg machine on the floor of what is likely a plant owned by Republic Iron & Steel Co.
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Machine Operator at Indianapolis Works

Date: 10 1938
Description: Factory worker using a lathe at International Harvester's Indianapolis Truck Engine Works. Original caption reads: "LeBlond crankshaft lathe showing detail...
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Working on Heavy Machinery

Date: 1945
Description: Man in protective gloves and masked helmet against heat and flame works on heavy machinery at the Falk Corporation, known for production of industrial gear...
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100-Ton Hydraulic Press

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Description: Workers operate a hydraulic press and make stacks of mass-produced metal parts.
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Nagle-Hart Co. Machine Shop

Date: 08 18 1943
Description: A workman grinds a cylinder head at Nagle-Hart Tractor & Equipment Company, 754 East Washington Avenue.
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Chippewa County Rock Crusher

Date: 06 14 1940
Description: Men posing in front of a rock crusher manufactured by Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Company, 623 East Main Street.
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Road Equipment Exhibit

Date: 02 01 1929
Description: A crushing machine is displayed as part of a Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Company road equipment exhibit on Monona Avenue (Martin Luther King Blvd.).
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Automobile Crankshaft Machine at Gisholt Machine Company

Date: 08 20 1947
Description: Display of a 50-ton machine, developed by the Gisholt Machine Company, that will help speed up production of automobile crankshafts. W.A. Smlja, on the lef...
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Man Welding

Date: 12 07 1955
Description: A worker welds together sections of a press slide that was later purchased by Federal Engineering and used by the automotive industry.
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Two Employees Cutting Metal

Date: 03 03 1956
Description: Two long-time Falk employees, Bob Quitzow and Frank Ruscitti, work in the gas cutting department. Original Falk caption reads: "View of 'Bug' cutting Depar...
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Seamless Pipe Fitting on Railroad Car

Date: 03 02 1956
Description: A seamless pipe fitting sits atop a railroad car, ready to be shipped. Later purchased and used by Elmes & Kings. Original Falk caption reads: "14' high-78...
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Manufacturing of Vacuum Chucks

Date: 04 14 1956
Description: View of the manufacturing process of vacuum chucks. Used for skin milling, this particular order, according to an original Falk caption, "covers four dupli...
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Welding of a Boring Mill

Date: 04 14 1956
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...
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Two Men Packaging Vacuum Chuck

Date: 04 14 1956
Description: View of the manufacturing process of vacuum chucks. Used for skin milling, this particular order, according to an original Falk caption, "covers four dupli...
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Single Helical Mills Gears

Date: 06 15 1956
Description: Single helical mills gear that was later purchased by Nordberg and used by Universal Atlas Cement Company of Milwaukee. Original Falk caption reads: "23/29...
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Heat Treating Shop

Date: 09 04 1956
Description: A view looking west of several workers in the Heat Treating Department of the Falk Corporation.
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Large Cement Kiln

Date: 08 24 1956
Description: Purchased by Allis Chalmers and used by the Marquette Cement Company, original Falk caption reads:"M.O. NO. 5541-0574 & 5520-7424. Type of Unit, 12 1/2 GDA...
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Mill Gears

Date: 10 09 1956
Description: Original Falk caption reads: "Mill Gears, 21 or 22.289T, 1 1/2 DP, 26 inch F. 100 hp, 18.3 rpm mills." Purchaser was Allis Chalmers and it was used by the ...
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Man with Drive Pinion and Gear

Date: 03 13 1957
Description: Described by the orginial Falk caption with "91 teeth, .77039 DP, 12 inch Face Meshes with 15 tooth pinion. Gear is shown on Drawing 317096 and Pinion on 2...
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Man Measuring Drive Gear

Date: 04 03 1957
Description: Man measuring Drive Gear that was later purchased by Foster Wheeler Corporation and used by Pennsylvania Power & Light Company of Sunbury Station, Shamokin...

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