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Propulsion Gears
January 10, 1958
Large propulsion gear that was later purchased by Bethlehem Steel Company and used by Hitachi Limited of Tokyo, Japan, as a replacement gear in the ship "SS Eirini L".
Woman Inspecting a Gear Reducer
1978
Lynnette Hartwig, a Falk employee, inspects a gear. This unit was later purchased by the Wisconsin Bearing Company. Original Falk caption reads: "Illustrates "C" flange adapter on Falk type B doubl...
Checking a Gear
December 29, 1970
A male employee, Dennis Zastrow, inspects a gear in the gear lab.
Frigate Gear
April 30, 1958
Close-up view of a frigate gear that was later used by the United States Navy.
Manufacturing a Marine Propulsion Drive
December 1980
Al Strobel works on a later component of a marine propulsion drive. Falk caption reads, "Prototype-new 1980 smallest size, used by Falk. In process photos of 145 MR unit...these photos record trans...
Inspecting Machinery
March 1, 1971
Male employee, B. Schinto, inspecting according to original Falk caption, "a YQA element for use in bulletin 171-110."