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Gisholt Machine Company Plant
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Elevated view of factory floor at the Gisholt plant, located in the 1200 and 1300 blocks of East Washington Avenue. There is a bridge crane, rows of work stations, and several operators at stations manning automated machinery.
circa 1930-1939
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Gisholt Foundry
circa 1930-1939
View of two workers pouring molten metal on the floor of the Gisholt plant. There are two massive chain hoists, suspended from a bridge crane, that are holding the vats of liquified metal being pou...
Machinists Using Gisholt Turret Lathes
September 24, 1923
Several machinists (some blurred by motion) are standing at work stations producing component parts on Gisholt lathes. This factory is one of countless companies that used Gisholt machinery for man...
7-Cylinder Comet Airplane Engine
circa 1930-1939
Abstract profile of a 7-cylinder Comet airplane engine without a propeller. It was designed by the Comet Engine Corporation.
Back View of Gisholt Machine Company
circa 1900-1909
View of the back side of the Madison plant from across a dirt road, which is lined with a plank sidewalk and telephone poles, towards several plant buildings of the engineering works of Gisholt Mac...
Factory of Comet Aircraft Engines
November 1929
Interior of a factory floor, with several large machines for manufacturing aircraft engines, including Landis, Whitcomb Manufacturing Company and Gisholt. Men are working in the background (blurred...
Workers in the Gisholt Department at the Buick Company Plant #1
circa 1910-1919
Factory workers standing with their arms crossed on the plant floor in the Gisholt Department of the Buick Company Plant #1 alongside lathes, and machined parts in piles and stacks. Radial belts an...
