Photograph
Hydraulic Press
| Factory worker operating a 500 ton triple-action hydraulic press at Chatham Works. According to the original caption, the second pass has completed the forming of folder sheet-metal canvas-coupler of a harvester-thresher (combine). The final shape is such that the completed part must be pushed off the die by the air cylindar at left of the photograph. The operator is protected by a photo-electric light curtain. |
| Image ID: | 45671 |
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| Creation Date: | 1943 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
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| Collection Name: | International Harvester Company photo albums, circa 1899-1965 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | MCC MSS 7Z, Album 104, Pg.46 |
| Original Dimensions: | 8 x 10 inches |
| Chatham Works was located in Ontario, Canada. The factory was owned by the Chatham Manufacturing Company until 1910. The factory produced wagons and sleighs until 1935. In 1921, the factory began manufacturing trucks. |
| Work clothes |
| Factories |
| Agricultural machinery industry |
| Machinery |
| Indoor photography |
| Men |
| Blue collar workers |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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