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A New Britain-Gridley lathe is worked by an experienced operator at a Midwestern company. The machine which formerly made spur gears, worm wheels and commentator rings has been converted to war use by being tooled with an eccentric spindle and thread rolling attachment for the production of twenty-millimeter shell boosters

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A New Britain-Gridley lathe is worked by an experienced operator at a Midwestern company. The machine which formerly made spur gears, worm wheels and commentator rings has been converted to war use by being tooled with an eccentric spindle and thread rolling attachment for the production of twenty-millimeter shell boosters

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Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

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01/01/1942

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United States. Office for Emergency Management.

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Location

Concord (Saint Louis County, Mo.), 38.52444, -90.35722

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Library of Congress

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http://www.loc.gov/

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Public Domain