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War production drive. The war production drive committee in the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company plant in Cleveland approved this pledge card. The signing of each card impressed the worker with his individual responsibility for the success of the drive. Many other plants have used similar pledges and many plants forward these signed pledges to Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board (WPB), as a gesture of their commitment to increase production

War production drive. The war production drive committee in the Westin...

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War production drive poster. "Save, Serve, Suggest." This is one of a series of "Jap-Germ" posters that were spread through the Westinghouse plant at Bloomfield, New Jersey, under the auspices of the labor-management committee. The two-headed figure, the Jap-Germ, was featured in all posters of the series which warned against sabotage and encouraged the objective of the war production drive

War production drive poster. "Save, Serve, Suggest." This is one of a ...

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War production drive poster. "Let's Go--It's Later Than You Think." This chart, displayed in the Westinghouse Lamp Division, Bloomfield, New Jersey was successful in stimulating production for the labor-management committee

War production drive poster. "Let's Go--It's Later Than You Think." Th...

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War production drive poster. "Exhaust the Big Inflated Jap." This poster was very effective because it made use of the product--exhausts--made by the section of the Westinghouse factory in which it was displayed. The labor-management committee kept it up to date with production figures

War production drive poster. "Exhaust the Big Inflated Jap." This post...

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War Production Board poster (WPB). "Beware Jap-Germs." This is one of a series of "Jap-Germs" posters that were spread through the Westinghouse plant at Bloomfield, New Jersey, under the auspices of the labor-management committee. The two-headed figure, the Jap-Germ, was featured in all posters of the series which warned against sabotage and encouraged the objectives of the war production drive

War Production Board poster (WPB). "Beware Jap-Germs." This is one of ...

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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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Production. Naval gun mounts. A big naval gun mount chassis is coated with aluminum paint before proceeding to assembly operations in a Midwest plant. Westinghouse, Louisville

Production. Naval gun mounts. A big naval gun mount chassis is coated ...

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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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Production. Torpedo tube mounts. A torpedo tube mount in the final assembly stage at a Midwest machine shop engaged in volume production of mounts for torpedo tubes and large naval guns. Westinghouse, Louisville

Production. Torpedo tube mounts. A torpedo tube mount in the final ass...

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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. 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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Production. Naval gun mounts. The chassis of a large naval gun mount nears completion as workmen of a Midwest machine shop perform final scraping and fitting operations. Westinghouse, Louisville

Production. Naval gun mounts. The chassis of a large naval gun mount n...

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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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Production. Naval gun mounts. Final finishing of a large naval gun mount is well under way as workmen of a Midwest machine shop do a careful job of scraping surfaces. Westinghouse, Louisville

Production. Naval gun mounts. Final finishing of a large naval gun mou...

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Production. Naval gun mounts. A large casting for a naval gun mount goes through a planing operation in a Midwest plant which is producing gun and torpedo tube mounts in great numbers. Westinghouse, Louisville

Production. Naval gun mounts. A large casting for a naval gun mount go...

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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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Citations of individual production merit awarded. The first five Citations of Individual Production Merit have been awarded to five war workers, War Production Drive Headquarters has announced. The citation is the highest honor conferred for individual achievement. It is granted only for ideas or suggestions that have an outstanding effect on the entire war effort. Clinton R. Hanna, East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a research department manager for the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., suggested a method of increasing the effectiveness of Army tanks. This method is a military secret

Citations of individual production merit awarded. The first five Citat...

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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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Production. Naval gun mounts. The gear drive of a naval gun mount is carefully assembled and fitted in a large Midwest plant, which is also producing torpedo tube mounts. Westinghouse, Louisville

Production. Naval gun mounts. The gear drive of a naval gun mount is c...

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Production. Naval gun mounts. A naval gun mount assembly, one of many produced in a Midwest plant, is carefully inspected before shipment to an undisclosed destination. Westinghouse, Louisville

Production. Naval gun mounts. A naval gun mount assembly, one of many ...

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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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Production. Naval gun mounts. Rough-cutting a steel plate for naval gun mounts. The acetylene flame-cutting methods of a large Midwest plant are a substantial help in keeping production at a high level. Westinghouse, Louisville

Production. Naval gun mounts. Rough-cutting a steel plate for naval gu...

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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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Production. Naval gun mounts. A mount ring for a big naval gun is checked as skilled workers in a large Midwest machine shop complete layouts work that guides later machining operations. Westinghouse, Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Naval gun mounts. A mount ring for a big naval gun is chec...

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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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Production. Naval gun mounts. Part of a 16 inch naval gun assembly is ground for surface finish in a large Midwest factory producing mounts for big naval guns and torpedo tubes. Westinghouse, Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Naval gun mounts. Part of a 16 inch naval gun assembly is ...

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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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War production drive. This huge thermometer outside a Westinghouse plant recorded the workers' purchase of bonds and stamps. Labor-management committees have reported that it is good psychology to display devices like this because both employers and employees are eager to show the public how good they are

War production drive. This huge thermometer outside a Westinghouse pla...

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Citation winners. William G. Marshall, Director of the War Production Drive. Standing, is shown presenting the Honor Group at the luncheon tendered by Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of War Production Board (WPB), following the White House ceremony. Left to right: Mrs. Marshall, Mr. Nelson, Joseph H. Kautsky, Dodge Plant Link-Belt Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, James A. Merrill, research chemist with the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio; Edwin C. Tracy, field engineer for RCA Manufacturing Company, Camden, New Jersey, Clinton R. Hanna, research department manager for the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company of Pittsburgh, and Madison E. Butler, assistant chief inspector for the Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Manufacture Company

Citation winners. William G. Marshall, Director of the War Production ...

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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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Production. Naval gun mounts. Getting pinions on a naval gun mount assembly. The large Midwest plant producing these mounts in great quantities is also making many torpedo tube mounts. Westinghouse, Louisville

Production. Naval gun mounts. Getting pinions on a naval gun mount ass...

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War Production Drive Committee. First meeting of the War Production Drive Policy Committee on October 19, 1942, in Washington, D.C. Left to right: John Green, president, Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations); Otto A. Seyferth, President, West Michigan Steel Foundry Company, Muskegon, Michigan (nominated by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce); W.G. Marshall, chairman of Policy Committee and director of War Production Drive Headquarters, vice-president in charge of Industrial Relations, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, East Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Joseph Mcdonagh, secretary, Metal Trades Department, AFL (American Federation of Labor), representing Frank Fenton, director of Organizations, AFL; and Harry C. Beaver, president, Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation, New York City (nominated by National Association of Manufacturers)

War Production Drive Committee. First meeting of the War Production Dr...

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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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Production. Naval gun mounts. Part of a 16 inch naval gun assembly is ground for surface finish in a large Midwest factory producing mounts for big naval guns and torpedo tubes. Westinghouse, Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Naval gun mounts. Part of a 16 inch naval gun assembly is ...

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War production drive. This chart was displayed in a Westinghouse plant in New Jersey as part of the war production drive. The labor-management committee reported that the easy familiarity of the wording on the thermometer was very effective--it helped production fighters to get hot and stay hot

War production drive. This chart was displayed in a Westinghouse plant...

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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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Production. Naval gun mounts. Big naval gun mounts produced in a Midwest factory shipped at a steadily increasing rate to undisclosed destinations. Westinghouse, Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Naval gun mounts. Big naval gun mounts produced in a Midwe...

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Citation winners. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, with a trio of workers at the luncheon tendered by Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board (WPB), following the White House ceremony, left to right; Clinton R. Hanna, citation winner, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company of East Pittsburg, Secretary Perkins; Daniel W. Mallett, certificate winner, Mechanics Universal Joint Division, Borg-Warner Corporation, Rockford, Illinois; and Herbert R. James, certificate winner, Christy Park Works, National Tube Company of McKeesport, Pennsylvania

Citation winners. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, with a trio of w...

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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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Production. Naval gun mounts. A naval gun mount assembly, one of many produced in a Midwest plant, is carefully inspected before shipment to an undisclosed destination. Westinghouse, Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Naval gun mounts. A naval gun mount assembly, one of many ...

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Production. Torpedo tube mounts. Scraping the teeth of a torpedo tube base in a Midwest plant engaged in large-scale production of mounts for torpedo tubes and large naval guns. Westinghouse, Louisville

Production. Torpedo tube mounts. Scraping the teeth of a torpedo tube ...

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Production. Naval gun mounts. Periods of relaxation are short for the men who make big naval gun mounts in a Midwest facotry. A quick lunch, a few hands of cards, and they're back at the job of providing Uncle Sam the tools of war. Westinghouse, Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Naval gun mounts. Periods of relaxation are short for the ...

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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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Production. Naval gun mounts. A naval gun mount assembly, one of many produced in a Midwest plant, is carefully inspected before shipment to an undisclosed destination. Westinghouse, Louisville

Production. Naval gun mounts. A naval gun mount assembly, one of many ...

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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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Production. Torpedo tube mounts. Front pieces of torpedo tubes are drilled for assembly in a Midwest plant producing great numbers of mounts for torpedo tubes and large naval guns. Westinghouse, Louisville

Production. Torpedo tube mounts. Front pieces of torpedo tubes are dri...

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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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Citation winners. Citation winner, Clinton E. Hanna, (right) of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and William G. Marshall, Director of the War Production Drive, who presented the workers to President Roosevelt

Citation winners. Citation winner, Clinton E. Hanna, (right) of the We...

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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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War production drive. As part of the war production drive, streets at the Bloomfield, New Jersey Westinghouse plant were renamed MacArthur Avenue and MacArthur Plaza. A pretty girl is shown unveiling the street sign

War production drive. As part of the war production drive, streets at ...

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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

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War production drive. "Bomb Tokyo with More Mounts." This unusual display, sponsored by the labor-mangagement committee in the Lamp Division of Westinghouse, was highly effective in the war production drive. As each section increased its production, its bomb was moved nearer the cowering Jap and departments raced to get their bombs in first

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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

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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

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Citation winners. President Roosevelt is shown here with the group, left to right: Herbert R. James, Christy Park Works, National Tube Company, McKeesport, Pennsylvania; George Smolarek, Packard Motor Car Company, Detroit, Michigan; Walter P. Hill, C&H Consolidated Copper Company, Detroit, Michigan; William G. Marshall, Director of War Production Drive; Edwin C. Tracy, RCA Manufacturing Company, Camden, New Jersey; Clinton R. Hanna, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company; Stanley Crawford, RCA Manufacturing Company, Camden, New Jersey; Joseph H. Kautisky, Link-Belt Company, Indianapolis, Indiana; Daniel W. Mallett, Borg-Warner Corporation, Rockford, Illinois, Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board (WPB), M.E. Butler, Stromberg- Carlson Manufacture Company, Rochester, New York

Citation winners. President Roosevelt is shown here with the group, le...

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Children are taught good eating habits at nursery established by the Health for Victory Club in a new project of the club's nutrition program at the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, at Mansfield, Ohio. Under the direction of a paid kindergarten teacher, the children are taught fundamentals of food and health, while their mothers, who are wives of war workers at the plant, study new points of nutrition under war-time conditions. The Health for Victory Club at the Mansfield plant has developed a program of safeguarding workers' health by buying and serving the foods that make up well-balanced meals that is now used by 640 war plants throughout the country. The Mansfield plant has a labor-management committee formed by representatives of the management and the United Electrical and Radio Machine Workers of America

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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

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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

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