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Auto conversion to airplane engines. With normal operations of this automobile factory suspended for the duration, the gigantic task of converting the entire plant (floor space: 500' x 900') to war production was taken over by the National Defense Plant Corporation. This involved all degrees of remodelling, the removal of old and installation of new machinery, and extensive rebuilding of the plant itself. This hand milling machine, formerly used in manufacture of automobile motors, has been converted to production of airplane engines. In peacetime it was used to mill the pulley keyway on the front of crankshafts. It cost $150 to convert this $1,800 machine with installation of a special fixture to enable milling of staking nicks at each end of crankpin oil hobs. Chevrolet, Buffalo, New York

Auto conversion to airplane engines. With normal operations of this automobile factory suspended for the duration, the gigantic task of converting the entire plant to war production was taken over by the National Defense Plant Corporation. This involved all degrees of remodelling, the removal of old and installation of new machinery, and extensive rebuilding of the plant itself. An ex-automobile worker is pictured here operating a centering machine to determine the plain and stroke of an airplane engine crankshaft. Chevrolet, Buffalo, New York

Auto conversion to airplane engines. With normal operations of this automobile factory suspended for the duration, the gigantic task of converting the entire plant to war production was taken over by the National Defense Plant Corporation. This involved all degrees of remodelling, the removal of old and installation of new machinery, and extensive rebuilding of the plant itself. An ex-automobile worker is pictured here operating a centering machine to determine the plain and stroke of an airplane engine crankshaft. Chevrolet, Buffalo, New York

Auto conversion to airplane engines. With one hundred percent conversion of this automobile factory to production of airplane engines, the gigantic task of remodelling old machinery, removal of old and installation of new equipment, and extensive rebuilding of the plant itself was formidable--but speedy. Under terms of its contract, production was not scheduled until October, but Herulean efforts of management and labor reduced this to early spring of this year. Carloads of scrap material torn out of the plant are shown here at a siding back of the factory. Chevrolet, Buffalo, New York

Auto conversion to airplane engines. With one hundred percent conversion of this automobile factory to production of airplane engines, the gigantic task of remodelling old machinery, removal of old and installation of new equipment, and extensive rebuilding of the plant itself was formidable--but speedy. Under terms of its contract, production was not scheduled until October, but Herulean efforts of management and labor reduced this to early spring of this year. Carloads of scrap material torn out of the plant are shown here at a siding back of the factory. Chevrolet, Buffalo, New York

Auto conversion to airplane engines. On the site of an automobile assembly line, this battery of Bullard boring machines used in manufacturing of airplane engines, now stands. With normal operations of this automobile factory suspended for the duration, conversion to war production was a gigantic task involving remodelling of machinery, removal of old and installation of new equipment and extensive rebuilding of the plant itself. These boring machines are used to rough cylinder barrels of airplane engines before heat treatment is applied. Chevrolet, Buffalo, New York

Auto conversion to airplane engines. Some of the equipment impossible to convert from automobile engine manufacture to production of airplane motors is shown back of a huge automobile factory. A dismantled paint booth (left foreground) is among the scrap. In the background, against the rising glass roofs of the plant, tar-covered sheds house valuable machines which could not be converted, and are being stored for the duration to make room for the new war equipment. Chevrolet, Buffalo, New York

Auto conversion to airplane engines. "We'll be turning out as many airplane engines as Carter does pills," employees of a converted automobile factory told OEM (Office of Emergency Management) photographer. Now undergoing one hundred percent conversion to airplane motor production, this factory employs thousands of workers who are familiarizing themselves with the newly installed tools and machines. Two workers here lathe the cylinder of an airplane motor. Under terms of its contract, production was not scheduled until October, but Herculean efforts of management and labor completed the conversion this spring. Chevrolet, Buffalo, New York

Auto conversion to airplane engines. Some of the equipment impossible to convert from automobile engine manufacture to production of airplane motors is shown back of a huge automobile factory. A dismantled paint booth (left foreground) is among the scrap. In the background, against the rising glass roofs of the plant, tar-covered sheds house valuable machines which could not be converted, and are being stored for the duration to make room for the new war equipment. Chevrolet, Buffalo, New York

Auto conversion to airplane engines. With normal operations of this automobile factory suspended for the duration, the gigantic task of converting the entire plant (floor space: 500' x 900') to war production was taken over by the National Defense Plant Corporation. This involved all degrees of remodelling, the removal of old and installation of new machinery, and extensive rebuilding of the plant itself. This hand milling machine, formerly used in manufacture of automobile motors, has been converted to production of airplane engines. In peacetime it was used to mill the pulley keyway on the front of crankshafts. It cost $150 to convert this $1,800 machine with installation of a special fixture to enable milling of staking nicks at each end of crankpin oil hobs. Chevrolet, Buffalo, New York

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new york erie county buffalo safety film negatives north buffalo junction auto conversion auto conversion airplane engines airplane engines operations automobile factory automobile factory duration task plant floor space floor space war production war production national defense corporation national defense plant corporation degrees installation machinery hand machine motors automobile motors peacetime mill pulley keyway pulley keyway front crankshafts cost fixture nicks crankpin oil hobs crankpin oil hobs chevrolet 1940 s 40 s united states history library of congress
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01/01/1942
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Gruber, Edward, photographer
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North Buffalo Junction ,  42.94394, -78.89221
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U.S. Air Force sheet metal technicians with the 116th

Conversion. Toy factory. Stephanie Cewe and Ann Manemeit, have turned their skill from peacetime production of toy trains to the assembly of parachute flare casings for the armies of democracy. Along with other workers in this Eastern plant, they have turned their skill to the vital needs of the day, and in many cases have seen to it that the machinery they used to use does Uncle Sam's most important work today. Here, they are assembling parachute flare casings, using the same electric screwdrivers they formerly used to assemble the locomotives of toy trains. A. C. Gilbert Company, New Haven, Connecticut

Airplanes - Engines - Manufacturing Curtiss Ox-5 airplane engines at the Willy-s Morrow Plant, Elmira, New York. Assembling water pumps, water pipes, intake pipes and carburetor to motor

Knoxville, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Training for war production at NYA (National Youth Administration) school

STS082-365-033 - STS-082 - Closeup of flight deck window showing streaks and small nicks

Automobil utanför Gustaf LM Ericssons Automobilfabrik."Dürkopp".

Greater Buffalo International Airport, Maintenance Hangar, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Automobile factory at Laurin and Klement, Jungbunzlau, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia

A black and white photo of a woman working on a machine. Office of War Information Photograph

Demonstration av automobil utanför Gustaf LM Ericssons Automobilfabrik.

STS082-371-006 - STS-082 - Closeup of flight deck window with streaks and small nicks

A black and white photo of a man working in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

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new york erie county buffalo safety film negatives north buffalo junction auto conversion auto conversion airplane engines airplane engines operations automobile factory automobile factory duration task plant floor space floor space war production war production national defense corporation national defense plant corporation degrees installation machinery hand machine motors automobile motors peacetime mill pulley keyway pulley keyway front crankshafts cost fixture nicks crankpin oil hobs crankpin oil hobs chevrolet 1940 s 40 s united states history library of congress