Balloons - Manufacturing - General - Lidgerwood specially designed winches for Kite Balloons. Have automatic drum tension devices, whereby a constant strain can be maintained on the hoisting line. This particular size winch can be regulated to maintain the strain constant up to 6,000 lbs. 50 on order U.S. Navy Bureau of Supplies & Accounts
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Balloons - Manufacturing - General
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1917 - 1918
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The U.S. National Archives
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