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Master warper Al Zarky at the warping wheel; he is in the process of "making the warp;" this warp has 10,440 "ends" or individual threads.

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The shaft of the 30,000 kilowatt waterwheel generator which Westinghouse Electric Company is manufacturing for the Watts Bar Dam of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). This is the central rotating part of the generator. It weighs 75,000 pounds and is the heaviest single part in the construction of the generator. In the background, men are working in the stator frame of the generator

Master warper Al Zarky at the warping wheel; he is in the process of "making the warp;" this warp has 10,440 "ends" or individual threads.

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Forms part of a group of images recorded on August 16, documenting scenes at the Joseph Teshon, Inc., textile plant, 196-200 21st Avenue, Paterson.

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Date

01/01/1994

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Contributors

Taylor, David Alan, 1951- (Collaborator)

Zarky, Al (Depicted)

Cooper, Martha (Photographer)

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Location

Paterson, New Jersey

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Library of Congress

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http://www.loc.gov/

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Public Domain