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Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Westinghouse Co. works (casting scene) /

Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Westinghouse Co. works (casting scene) /

What appear to be molds pass by some men on conveyor belts. The men take them off the belt and dump the contents onto the ground. Other men pick up with tongs the parts that have been dumped onto the ground and... More

Coil winding machines, Westinghouse works /

Coil winding machines, Westinghouse works /

Numerous women stand in rows at winding machines, taking material from large spools behind them. A male supervisor walks down the aisle, checking the work of the women.

Testing large turbines, Westinghouse Co. works /

Testing large turbines, Westinghouse Co. works /

On the left of the screen, a small group of men lift the top off of what appears to be a turbine with a crane and continue to check the machine, tightening various parts with wrenches. On the right side, a few ... More

Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Westinghouse Co. works (moulding scene) /

Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Westinghouse Co. works (moulding scene) /

Men working in teams carry buckets of molten material and pour the material into what appear to be molds lined up on the ground.

Girls taking time checks, Westinghouse works /

Girls taking time checks, Westinghouse works /

Almost 200 women file by a device on the wall from which they take their time checks. A man runs half-way across the screen at the end of the film.

Panorama of Machine Co. aisle, Westinghouse Co. works /

Panorama of Machine Co. aisle, Westinghouse Co. works /

A camera on an overhead crane travels down a large, long aisle where men are shown working on large machinery on either side. Carts carrying equipment are shown traveling on rails down the aisles. There are als... More

Tapping a furnace, Westinghouse works /

Tapping a furnace, Westinghouse works /

A large bucket is lowered into a pit by male workers using machinery. Molten material from a furnace is poured into the bucket using a slide. The bucket, which has flames coming from inside, is lifted up from t... More

Testing a rotary, Westinghouse works /

Testing a rotary, Westinghouse works /

A small group of men turn on what appears to be a generator. As the rotary spins, the men make adjustments to the machine and check its operations.

Panorama exterior Westinghouse works /

Panorama exterior Westinghouse works /

The view from a moving train shows some of the Westinghouse interests and the surrounding areas. It appears that the film is in two parts and has been incorrectly spliced together with the last part put first. ... More

Taping coils, Westinghouse works /

Taping coils, Westinghouse works /

Numerous women stand at several rows of tables where they appear to be wrapping tape around some devices, presumably coils. Male supervisors walk down the aisles, observing the women's work.

Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Westinghouse works /

Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Westinghouse works /

A large group of men are shown performing various tasks in one room at the Westinghouse Air Brake Co. On one side, men are shown pouring a hot liquid into molds on the floor. A conveyor belt delivers items whic... More

Panoramic view aisle B., Westinghouse works /

Panoramic view aisle B., Westinghouse works /

Filmed using a camera on an overhead crane, a traveling view of a large, long aisle is shown. Men are busy performing various tasks on machinery, probably generators. Other men are walking down the aisle in all... More

Assembling a generator, Westinghouse works /

Assembling a generator, Westinghouse works /

A group of men work on various parts of a large generator, assembling the pieces. A crane carries a large piece of the generator over to the rest of the machine, and the men guide it down to assemble it. The cr... More

Steam hammer, Westinghouse works /

Steam hammer, Westinghouse works /

From what appears to be a furnace, a large, glowing block is lifted with the help of a crane over to a table by a group of men. A hammer comes from above and pounds down on the block repeatedly as the men turn ... More

Casting a guide box, Westinghouse works /

Casting a guide box, Westinghouse works /

A large bucket full of molten material is poured into a large container, possibly a mold, by a group of men using machinery. Some other men stoke the fire under the container. When finished pouring, the men lif... More

Coil winding section E, Westinghouse works /

Coil winding section E, Westinghouse works /

Rows of women are shown at tables with winding machines. They wind using material from spools behind them, apparently putting the finished products on the table in front of them. Various supervisory staff, male... More

Assembling and testing turbines, Westinghouse Co. works /

Assembling and testing turbines, Westinghouse Co. works /

A turbine is shown operating. Two men walk up to it, check the running of various parts on it, and write their findings down on paper. A third man is seen walking through a few times, once stopping to look at o... More

Steam whistle, Westinghouse works /

Steam whistle, Westinghouse works /

A closeup of the steam whistle blowing at the "Westinghouse works" complex of factories in Pennsylvania, probably at the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.

General offices, the Westinghouse Air-Brake Co., Wilmerding, Pennsylvania

General offices, the Westinghouse Air-Brake Co., Wilmerding, Pennsylva...

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Machine shop, the Westinghouse Air-Brake Co., Wilmerding, Pennsylvania

Machine shop, the Westinghouse Air-Brake Co., Wilmerding, Pennsylvania

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Plant of the Westinghouse Air Brake Co., Wilmerding, Pennsylvania

Plant of the Westinghouse Air Brake Co., Wilmerding, Pennsylvania

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War production drive. William Hunter, a member of the labor-management committe at the East Pittsburgh Division of Westinghouse, explains the "Let's show them" campaign, an adaption of the War Production Drive. "Let's show the Axis what real production means," Mr. Hunter exorts the plant workers

War production drive. William Hunter, a member of the labor-management...

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Transformer manufacture. Assembling the tap changing units that control power transformers, this employee of a large Eastern electrical plant has a job that's vital to America's war effort. Transformers are essential to almost every industry engaged in defense production. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Assembling the tap changing units that contro...

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Transformer manufacture. Checking the rigging of big power transformers is a skilled job and one that's extremely important to America's war effort these days. Transformers are essential to almost every phase of war Production. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Checking the rigging of big power transformer...

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Transformer manufacture. These porcelain spirals are part of the works of a power transformer; transformers are essential to war production industries, and this employee of a large Eastern electrical company, working in the bushing section, is contributing essentially to Uncle Sam's war effort. Bushings are the tubes which hold the copper leads through which power flows both in and out of giant transformers. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. These porcelain spirals are part of the works...

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Transformer manufacture. Granddaddy to 57, Henry Bert (right) has been with a large Eastern electrical plant for almost half a century. Now he's as important to the war as though he were on the front line, for he's one of the many workers who manufacture transformers, essential to defense. He's shown here with a youthful employee checking transformer coils. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Granddaddy to 57, Henry Bert (right) has been...

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Transformer manufacture. Welding is an intrinsic part of the manufacture of transformers. This welder is employed by a large Eastern electrical company whose power transformers are needed by many factories engaged in war Production. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Welding is an intrinsic part of the manufactu...

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Transformer manufacture. Checking stock of distribution transformer coils in large Eastern plant. With enormously increased production all over the country as a result of war contracts, these coils are intrinsically important to America's war program. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Checking stock of distribution transformer co...

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Transformer manufacture. Forty years with a great Eastern electric company, George Matheson, expert electrical worker, skillfully adjusts spools of copper wire feeding on to the large 120 turn coils which he turns. Production of all such electrical equipment has been greatly stepped up due to the war production program. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Forty years with a great Eastern electric com...

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Transformer manufacture. Welding is an intrinsic part of the manufacture of transformers. This welder is employed by a large Eastern electrical company whose power transformers are needed by many factories engaged in war Production. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Welding is an intrinsic part of the manufactu...

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Transformer manufacture. Fitting up outer parts of giant transformers is one of the skilled jobs done by employees of a large Eastern electrical company. The demand for power transformers has increased in proportion to America's ever-increasing war production. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Fitting up outer parts of giant transformers ...

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Transformer manufacture. Welding is an intrinsic part of the manufacture of transformers. This welder is employed by a large Eastern electrical company whose power transformers are needed by many factories engaged in war production. He's welding cover flanges for steel transformer tanks. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Welding is an intrinsic part of the manufactu...

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Transformer manufacture. Oval wrapped copper coils which go into power transformers; demand for these transformers has increased in direct ratio to America's increased production of war materials. Transformers are used in almost every phase of the armament program. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Oval wrapped copper coils which go into power...

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Transformer manufacture. It's a formidable task, but Jack Hassel can wind one of these asbestos insulated low volts coils in a day. Essential to America's war efforts, these asbestos coils are used in air cooled transformers which are explosion-proof, hence advantageous for use in ships, mines and large buildings. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. It's a formidable task, but Jack Hassel can w...

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Transformer manufacture. Essential to the efficiency of thousands of plants producing war materials are these distribution transformers, here being assembled on assembly line in a large Eastern plant. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Essential to the efficiency of thousands of p...

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Transformer manufacture. A large Eastern electrical company where huge power transformers, vital to America's war effort, are produced. Power transformers are essential to almost every phase of America's war production program. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. A large Eastern electrical company where huge...

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Transformer manufacture. Ready to be sent to aluminum and magnesium plants are these power transformers manufactured by a large Eastern electrical company. Along this aisle of the plant, are other transformers in every stage of manufacture. They are essential to almost every phase of Uncle Sam's war production effort. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Ready to be sent to aluminum and magnesium pl...

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War production drive. A feature of the war production drive in the Westinghouse Lamp Division plant was a portable booth which moved from department to department while a pretty girl, chosen partly because of her ability to wear a uniform well, sold war bonds and stamps and distributed production drive literature

War production drive. A feature of the war production drive in the Wes...

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Transformer manufacture. These bus bars are made primarily of copper; they're part of the workings of giant transformers which are necessary to war Production. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. These bus bars are made primarily of copper; ...

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Transformer manufacture. When completed, this transformer will supply electric furnaces with the power needed to produce steel for Uncle Sam's ships and tanks and guns. The cooling coils pictured here are made of copper. A new process of forced oil cooling adds efficiency to these coilings; oil through these tubes at relatively high speed, cooling is greatly improved, and a larger lead current can be carried through the copper windings, thereby increasing the output of the transformer. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. When completed, this transformer will supply ...

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Transformer manufacture. Flowing at the rate of ninety feet per minute, the flattened copper wire is wrapped with insulating tape by these machines. The workers pictured here stand by ready to change spools. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Flowing at the rate of ninety feet per minute...

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Transformer manufacture. Welding is an intrinsic part of the manufacture of transformers. This welder is employed by a large Eastern electrical company whose power transformers are needed by many factories engaged in war production. He's welding pipes on a power transformer tank. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Welding is an intrinsic part of the manufactu...

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Transformer manufacture. Forming the heart of the giant transformers which manufacture power for America's war production plants, these spools of copper wire are lifted by a crane, guided into place by a worker. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Forming the heart of the giant transformers w...

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Transformer manufacture. These huge aluminum spheres are used to test each power transformer which is ready to be shipped from a large Eastern electrical plant. Since lightning is apt to destroy power units in the field, each transformer is given an "artificial lightning" test to determine its ability to resist the elements. These spheres are part of a setup that produces 2,500,000 volts for testing purposes. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. These huge aluminum spheres are used to test ...

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Transformer manufacture. These completed power transformers are sent to every part of the country and to almost every country in the Western hemisphere where they are needed in war production factories. These giants supply the power essentials to the production of ships and guns and tanks, as well as all other war essentials. Cranes capable of handling seventy-five tons hoist completed transformers to flatcars. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. These completed power transformers are sent t...

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Transformer manufacture. Forming the heart of the giant transformers which manufacture power for America's war production plants, these spools of copper wire are lifted by a crane, guided into place by a worker. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Forming the heart of the giant transformers w...

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Transformer manufacture. Preparation of insulating board used between copper coils on distribution transformers is done by women employees of a large Eastern electrical company. These young women are extremely valuable to Uncle Sam, because the product they are making is used in almost every phase of the armament program. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Preparation of insulating board used between ...

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Transformer manufacture. Nimble fingers are essential to rapid and skilled winding of coils for distribution transformers; for this reason, women are often preferred for the job. Production of these coils has been stepped up enormously due to the war production program. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Nimble fingers are essential to rapid and ski...

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Transformer manufacture. Winding insulating tape on copper coils of a power transformer, this employee of a large Eastern electrical company is helping to supply America's armed forces with ships, guns and tanks necessary to defeat the Axis. Transformers are essential to almost every phase of the armament program. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Winding insulating tape on copper coils of a ...

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Transformer manufacture. Spools of copper wire used in transformer manufacture. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Spools of copper wire used in transformer man...

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Transformer manufacture. Building cores for power transformers is highly skilled work. A new electric steel called hipersil is used in these cores, a steel which makes it possible to build smaller cores, and therefore use less copper and steel, both virtually needed elsewhere in the war program. In addition, this hipersil carries one third more magnetic flux than ordinary steel. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Building cores for power transformers is high...

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Transformer manufacture. Winding insulating tape on copper coils of a power transformer, these employees of a large Eastern electrical company are indirectly helping to supply America's armed forces with the ships, guns and tanks necessary to defeat the Axis. Transformers are essential to almost every phase of the armament program. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Winding insulating tape on copper coils of a ...

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Transformer manufacture. Welding is an intrinsic part of the manufacture of transformers. This welder is employed by a large Eastern electrical company whose power transformers are needed by many factories engaged in war production. He's welding pipes on a power transformer tank. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Welding is an intrinsic part of the manufactu...

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Transformer manufacture. Preparation of insulating board used between copper coils on distribution transformers is done by women employees of a large Eastern electrical company. These young women are extremely valuable to Uncle Sam, because the product they are making is used in almost every phase of the armament program. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Preparation of insulating board used between ...

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Machining the "skeleton" of a waterwheel generator at the East Pittsburgh Works of the Westinghouse electric and manufacturing company for the Watts Bar project of the Tennessee valley authority project which will supply power to aluminum, aircraft, and other war-busy industrial plants in that area

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Machining the "skeleton" of a waterwheel gen...

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Transformer manufacture. These completed power transformers are sent to every part of the country and to almost every country in the Western hemisphere where they are needed in war production factories. These giants supply the power essentials to the production of ships and guns and tanks, as well as all other war essentials. Cranes capable of handling seventy-five tons hoist completed transformers to flatcars. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. These completed power transformers are sent t...

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Transformer manufacture. Fitting up outer parts of giant transformers is one of the skilled jobs done by employees of a large Eastern electrical company. The demand for power transformers has increased in proportion to America's ever-increasing war production. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Fitting up outer parts of giant transformers ...

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Transformer manufacture. The demand for power transformers has increased in America in direct ratio to the increase of war production. In this section of a large Eastern electrical plant, huge transformer coils are wound; this one may end up in a factory which is producing steel for Uncle Sam's ships and tanks and guns. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. The demand for power transformers has increas...

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Transformer manufacture. This employee of a large Eastern electrical plant has the job of getting these big cores and coils into shape before they are lowered into steel transformer tanks and immersed in oil. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. This employee of a large Eastern electrical p...

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Transformer manufacture. Before transformer coils are wound, condenser plates must be inspected. These transformers are vital to war production and are used to produce power in almost every phase of America's war effort. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Before transformer coils are wound, condenser...

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Transformer manufacture. These porcelain spirals are part of the works of a power transformer; transformers are essential to war production industries, and this employee of a large Eastern electrical company, working in the bushing section, is contributing essentially to Uncle Sam's war effort. Bushings are the tubes which hold the copper leads through which power flows both in and out of giant transformers. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. These porcelain spirals are part of the works...

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Transformer manufacture. Flowing at the rate of ninety feet per minute, the flattened copper wire is wrapped with insulating tape by these machines. The workers pictured here stand by ready to change spools. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Flowing at the rate of ninety feet per minute...

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Transformer manufacture. For many years this employee of a large Eastern electrical company has been winding low voltage coils for power transformers. He's become one of Uncle Sam's valued workers, because transformers are essential to almost every phase of the armament program. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. For many years this employee of a large Easte...

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Transformer manufacture. These large transformers are being prepared for testing in a large Eastern plant given over almost entirely to the manufacture of transformers. Transformers are vital to almost every phase of war production. Employed at the plant as electrical testers are nearly 200 graduates of engineering colleges and electrical trade schools. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. These large transformers are being prepared f...

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Transformer manufacture. These large transformers are being prepared for testing in a large Eastern plant given over almost entirely to the manufacture of transformers. Transformers are vital to almost every phase of war Production. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. These large transformers are being prepared f...

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Transformer manufacture. These huge aluminum spheres are used to test each power transformer which is ready to be shipped from a large Eastern electrical plant. Since lightning is apt to destroy power units in the field, each transformer is given an "artificial lightning" test to determine its ability to resist the elements. These spheres are part of a setup that produces 2,500,000 volts for testing purposes. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. These huge aluminum spheres are used to test ...

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Transformer manufacture. Men with nimble fingers make good coil winders. These two employees of a large Eastern electrical company are producing transformers essential to war industries. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Men with nimble fingers make good coil winder...

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Transformer manufacture. Part of a large Eastern electrical plant where large transformer tanks are shaped and welded. Power transformers are an important part of America's war effort. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Part of a large Eastern electrical plant wher...

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Transformer manufacture. Veteran coil winders of a great electrical plant check stacks of finished coils, the kind that are found in small distribution transformers on light poles throughout the country. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Veteran coil winders of a great electrical pl...

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Transformer manufacture. Forming the heart of the giant transformers which manufacture power for America's war production plants, these spools of copper wire are lifted by a crane, guided into place by a worker. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Forming the heart of the giant transformers w...

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Transformer manufacture. Nimble fingers are essential to rapid and skilled winding of coils for distribution transformers; for this reason, women are often preferred for the job. Production of these coils has been stepped up enormously due to the war production program. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Nimble fingers are essential to rapid and ski...

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War production drive. The enthusiasm generated by the War Production Drive is graphically shown by this picture of Westinghouse employees attending a rally sponsored by the War Production Board (WPB) Joint Committee. Army, Navy and union officials spoke and a returned war correspondent told of his experiences on the war front

War production drive. The enthusiasm generated by the War Production D...

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Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Agnes Glunt, mother of a child four years old, employed as a rivet heater in the Pitcairn, Pennsylvania Railroad steel car shop, earning seventy-two cents per hour. Her husband works at the Westinghouse Electric Company

Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Agnes Glunt, mother of a child four years...

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The lower bracket of the 30,000 kilowatt waterwheel generator which Westinghouse Electric Company is manufacturing for the Watts Bar Dam of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The total weight of the generator is 955,000 pounds. The eight arms of the lower bracket which extend outwards are fastened to the foundation on which the generator rests and bear the brunt of its weight

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The lower bracket of the 30,000 kilowatt wat...

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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

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The shaft of the 30,000 kilowatt waterwheel ...

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Lower bracket of the 30,000 kilowatt waterwheel generator which Westinghouse Electric Company is manufacturing for the Watts Bar Dam of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), from underneath, showing hole through which the shaft is passed. The bracket supports the thrust bearing on which rests the entire rotating mechanism of the generator. It has eight arms which bear the brunt of the generator's weight. The bracket weighs 107,500 pounds

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Lower bracket of the 30,000 kilowatt waterwh...

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Dr. Miklos Hatenyi, Hungarian-born research engineer at the Westinghouse electric and manufacturing company. He made various types of nuts and bolts, attached weights to the bottom of each model and heated them to "freeze" the stress lines, then cut slices from the center of each model and photographed the thin plastic sections to show which nut or bolt divided the "pull" among threads

Dr. Miklos Hatenyi, Hungarian-born research engineer at the Westinghou...

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Mrs. Joan Fertig, Hungarian-born librarian at the Westinghouse plant

Mrs. Joan Fertig, Hungarian-born librarian at the Westinghouse plant

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. By using a polarized light apparatus to take pictures of plastic models of turbine nuts and bolts, Dr. Hetenyi, Hungarian-born research engineer at the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, has discovered how to make this fastening device up to forty per cent stronger. He found that nuts and bolts with broad shoulders and tapered bodies distribute stress on threads more evenly than do ordinary nuts and bolts

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. By using a polarized light apparatus to take...

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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

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The shaft of the 30,000 kilowatt waterwheel ...

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Stator frame of the 30,000 kilowatt generator which Westinghouse Electric Company is manufacturing for the Watts Bar Dam of Tennesse Valley Authority (TVA). It is lined with thousands of armature coils, and over 100,000 sheets of laminated iron which serve to conduct the electricity. The stator frame is part of the generator inside of which revolves the rotor or revolving part. The whole frame weighs 425,000 pounds and is shipped in four quarter sections. A worker measures the resistance of the windings. The frame measures 378 inches in diameter

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Stator frame of the 30,000 kilowatt genera...

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Westinghouse Works, Wilmerding, Pa (NYPL b12647398-66553)

Westinghouse Works, Wilmerding, Pa (NYPL b12647398-66553)

* Postcard series number: 7677 1903-1904. Public domain scan of the vintage Pennsylvania postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

State Route 120 - Section 4 - Westinghouse Research Laboratory (20180813-hpichswp-0284)

State Route 120 - Section 4 - Westinghouse Research Laboratory (201808...

Date August 21, 1930 Subjects Laboratories--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County. Street Railroad tracks--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County. Roads--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County.

George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (U.S. Route 30), East Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (...

Significance: Hailed as "America's Longest Concrete-Arch Bridge" when it opened in 1932, the bridge's main span remains one of the longest concrete arch spans in the U.S. This structure represents the highest e... More

George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (U.S. Route 30), East Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (...

Significance: Hailed as "America's Longest Concrete-Arch Bridge" when it opened in 1932, the bridge's main span remains one of the longest concrete arch spans in the U.S. This structure represents the highest e... More

George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (U.S. Route 30), East Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (...

Significance: Hailed as "America's Longest Concrete-Arch Bridge" when it opened in 1932, the bridge's main span remains one of the longest concrete arch spans in the U.S. This structure represents the highest e... More

George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (U.S. Route 30), East Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (...

Significance: Hailed as "America's Longest Concrete-Arch Bridge" when it opened in 1932, the bridge's main span remains one of the longest concrete arch spans in the U.S. This structure represents the highest e... More

George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (U.S. Route 30), East Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (...

Significance: Hailed as "America's Longest Concrete-Arch Bridge" when it opened in 1932, the bridge's main span remains one of the longest concrete arch spans in the U.S. This structure represents the highest e... More

George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (U.S. Route 30), East Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (...

Significance: Hailed as "America's Longest Concrete-Arch Bridge" when it opened in 1932, the bridge's main span remains one of the longest concrete arch spans in the U.S. This structure represents the highest e... More

George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (U.S. Route 30), East Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (...

Significance: Hailed as "America's Longest Concrete-Arch Bridge" when it opened in 1932, the bridge's main span remains one of the longest concrete arch spans in the U.S. This structure represents the highest e... More

George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (U.S. Route 30), East Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (...

Significance: Hailed as "America's Longest Concrete-Arch Bridge" when it opened in 1932, the bridge's main span remains one of the longest concrete arch spans in the U.S. This structure represents the highest e... More

George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (U.S. Route 30), East Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (...

Significance: Hailed as "America's Longest Concrete-Arch Bridge" when it opened in 1932, the bridge's main span remains one of the longest concrete arch spans in the U.S. This structure represents the highest e... More

George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (U.S. Route 30), East Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (...

Significance: Hailed as "America's Longest Concrete-Arch Bridge" when it opened in 1932, the bridge's main span remains one of the longest concrete arch spans in the U.S. This structure represents the highest e... More

George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (U.S. Route 30), East Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (...

Significance: Hailed as "America's Longest Concrete-Arch Bridge" when it opened in 1932, the bridge's main span remains one of the longest concrete arch spans in the U.S. This structure represents the highest e... More

Erie Railway & Pennsylvania Railroad, Horseheads Interlocking Tower, Westinghouse Road, Horseheads, Chemung County, NY

Erie Railway & Pennsylvania Railroad, Horseheads Interlocking Tower, W...

Survey number: HAER NY-32 Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Erie Railway & Pennsylvania Railroad, Horseheads Interlocking Tower, Westinghouse Road, Horseheads, Chemung County, NY

Erie Railway & Pennsylvania Railroad, Horseheads Interlocking Tower, W...

Survey number: HAER NY-32 Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Erie Railway & Pennsylvania Railroad, Horseheads Interlocking Tower, Westinghouse Road, Horseheads, Chemung County, NY

Erie Railway & Pennsylvania Railroad, Horseheads Interlocking Tower, W...

Survey number: HAER NY-32 Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Westinghouse Works, Wilmerding, Pa.

Westinghouse Works, Wilmerding, Pa.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage Pennsylvania postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.