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Mobile Machine Shop

Date: 12 20 1943
Description: A man welding in the back of a mobile machine shop out in a field near a tractor is able to modify parts of experimental harvesting machines on location. A...
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Men Cut Scrap Iron with Torch

Date: 1942
Description: A group looks on as a man uses a cutting torch to reduce scrap iron into readily marketable pieces in the farm scrap collection drive in Barton County. Acc...
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New Water Tower

Date: 05 23 1997
Description: "Workmen weld the base of the water tower."
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New Water Tower

Date: 05 29 1997
Description: "The two halves of the sphere are welded by welders inside and outside of the tank."
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Men Laying Pipe with Industrial Tractor

Date: 1931
Description: Men laying pipe in a field. An industrial tractor on the left has a pulley to lower the pipe. Behind the men is a horse-drawn wagon and another piece of ma...
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Winter Repair

Date: 12 1976
Description: A workman is welding new cleats on a "Cat" (Caterpillar excavator) at an iron mine. Smoke obscures the cab.

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