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Tractor Works Forge Shop
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Factory workers forge a tractor crankshaft with an Erie press at International Harvester's Tractor Works. Original caption reads: "Crankshaft as it appears after drop forging in 12,000 pound hammer. Flash is trimmed in an adjacent press."
November 11, 1941
International Harvester Company
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