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A woman pouring water into a metal pot. Office of War Information Photograph

Aluminum casting. Ladling of molten aluminum alloy into the gate of a closed permanent mold. Site of these operations is a large Midwest aluminum foundry now converted to production of essentials for America's armed forces. The part being cast here may be destined for the engine of a "jeep" or part of an airplane engine. Their exact destination is kept a secret. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. Application of parting compound to unfinished mold, another step in the making of valuable aluminum parts for America's armed forces. Destination of the finished aluminum products is kept secret--but they'll probably end up as jeeps or airplane engine parts. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. Application of parting compound to unfinished mold, another step in the making of valuable aluminum parts for America's armed forces. Destination of the finished aluminum products is kept secret--but they'll probably end up as jeeps or airplane engine parts. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. Finished pistons are wrapped and packed for shipment to ordnance depots: they're scheduled for use in army jeeps. Aluminum pistons are one product of this giant Midwest factory now converted to war production. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. When the aluminum solidifies, it is knocked out by hammer from the ingot molds. Soon to be cast into essentials for the war effort, this metal is one of America's most vital essentials for victory. Destination of the finished aluminum products is kept secret--but they'll probably end up as jeeps or airplane engines parts. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. Womens' place seems to be on the inspection line in this plant which has been converted to the production of war materials. This young worker is inspecting magnesium alloy and castings. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. When the aluminum solidifies, it is knocked out by hammer from the ingot molds. Soon to be cast into essentials for the war effort, this metal is one of America's most vital essentials for victory. Destination of the finished aluminum products is kept secret--but they'll probably end up as jeeps or airplane engines parts. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

A couple of men standing next to each other. Office of War Information Photograph

Aluminum casting. Womens' place in this large Midwest aluminum factory is on the inspection line. She's giving a final checkup on these aluminum pistons which are destined for use by America's armed forces. Destination of the finished aluminum products is kept secret. They'll probably end up as jeep or airplane engine parts. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

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Cincinnati wasn't always known by the present name. It was first called Ft. Washington in honor of George Washington. Then, in 1788, it was named Losantiville. There is no data on just who dreamed that name up, but in 1789, the local Indians came calling bent on destroying the tiny settlement. They failed. Another attack came in 1790 and 91. By 1802, the Indians gave up, and the settlement was named Cincinnati, in honor of the Society of the Cincinnati by General Arthur St. Clair, then the governor of the Northwest Territory. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was the one who named it "The Queen City of the West". Looking at any police car will remind you of the nickname. Winston Churchhill called Cincinnati one of the most beautiful cities in the Union. Harriet Beecher Stowe started writing "Uncle Tom's Cabin" while living in Cincinnati. Washington Roebling built a magnificent suspension bridge spanning the Ohio river long before the Brooklyn Bridge was built and it is still standing, looking as good as it did when it was first built in 1867. In the late 1800's, William Proctor and James Gamble established the company known as Proctor and Gamble, who made Star Candles. The candles were shipped to the Ohio River and each box was marked with a star inside of a circle. This logo evolved into the Moon and Stars logo that was recently removed from their products because a few people thought that it was satanic. Actually, the logo featured a moon with 13 stars, one for each of the original colonies. Cincinnati is located in Hamilton county, which was named for Alexander Hamilton.

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01/01/1942
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Cincinnati: "The Queen City, The Queen of the West, The Blue Chip City," and another "The City of Seven Hills"
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Aluminum casting. Shelf after shelf of aluminum castings on their way to the heat treating oven for low temperature precipitation treatment. These castings are for aluminum piston heads. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. One of the skilled workers in an aluminum foundry pictured ramming the drag side of a sand mold. This foundry is producing aluminum equipment for Uncle Sam's war effort, under subcontract to other factories producing war items. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

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Conversion. Floor waxer plant. Normally used in manufacture of floor waxers, as shown here, this five-spindle drill press is now used full-time on defense orders for which this small Eastern plant is under subcontract. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Boeing technicians move a piece of hardware into position on Node 1 of the International Space Station (ISS) in KSC's Space Station Processing Facility in preparation for mating with Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA)-2. The node is the first element of the ISS to be manufactured in the United States and is currently scheduled to lift off aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-88 later this year, along with PMAs 1 and 2. The 18-foot-in-diameter, 22-foot-long aluminum module was manufactured by the Boeing Co. at Marshall Space Flight Center. Once in space, Node 1 will function as a connecting passageway to the living and working areas of the ISS. It has six hatches that will serve as docking ports to the U.S. laboratory module, U.S. habitation module, an airlock and other space station elements KSC-98pc539

Switch boxes on the firewalls of B-25 bombers are assembled by women workers at North American [Aviation, Inc.]'s Inglewood, Calif., plant

[Severe Storms and Tornadoes] Lady Lake, FL, February 13, 2007 -- A FEMA contractor tightens down an aluminum strap to secure this travel trailer sited at the Sunshine Mobile Home Park in Lady Lake. FEMA provides travel trailers as temporary housing to residents that can no longer live in their homes due to disasters. Mark Wolfe/FEMA

Sheffield, Alabama. Reynolds Metal Company. Mr. Giles, research director, with apparatus for determining the amount of pure aluminum in various oxides produced during the process of producing aluminum pigs

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. Aluminum cowl sections for B-17F heavy bombers are checked and inspected in the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model of the B-17, which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude, heavy bomber with a crew of seven to nine men and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

DeLand pool. Improvised foundry, Daytona Beach. Molten aluminum spills like quicksilver from this homemade bucket-sized ladle and pours white-hot into a mold to cast experimental parts for bombers in Clayton's foundry at Daytona Beach, Florida. Foundry foreman R.G. Campbell watches the color of the pour from the left. J.L. Clayton, city fireman, who built the foundry as a hobby, is pouring with the aid of his Negro helper

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