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Foundry Operations at Tractor Works

Date: 07 29 1936
Description: Workers pouring alloy into a stream of iron in the foundry of International Harvester's Tractor Works. The factory was located at 2600 West 1st Blvd.
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Osborne Works Foundry Room

Date: 1913
Description: Men standing among molds in a section of the malleable foundry at International Harvester's Osborne Works. The factory was owned by the D.M. Osborne Compan...
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International Harvester Factory Employee in Foundry

Date: 1907
Description: Older factory worker standing among stacks of molds for casting parts. The man most likely worked at International Harvester's Osborne Works.
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Loading Steel Castings into International C-15 Truck

Date: 06 15 1936
Description: Two workers loading large steel castings into the back of an International C-15 truck outside a Wehr Steel Company building.
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H.S. Grigate Gear

Date: 04 30 1958
Description: A male employee inspects a H.S. Grigate Gear. This gear, a marine propulsion drive, was later used by the United States Navy.
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Transporting a Shipping Shield

Date: 10 08 1958
Description: Two male employees help transport a shipping shield. This shield was purchased by Stearns-Roger Company and used by Westinghouse. Original Falk caption rea...
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Single Helical Hub Gears

Date: 06 07 1963
Description: Single helical hub gear that was a component of an oxygen furnace drive. This gear was purchased by Morgan Engineering Company and used by Pittsburgh Steel...
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Employee at Test Stand

Date: 07 29 1966
Description: Ron Kudlewski, a Falk employee, attends to the test stand for large motors in the High Speed Department. This motor was later purchased and used by the Lou...
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Eighteen Foot Split Ring Gear

Date: 09 15 1966
Description: Eighteen foot split ring gear that is on display at the Falk Corporation. Falk caption reads, "Photos of ring gear to be displayed at Association of Iron a...
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Mill Drive

Date: 10 28 1966
Description: Mill drive that was later purchased by Traylor Engineering and used by Hudson Cement. Original Falk caption reads, "See engineering files for exact descrip...
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Double Reduction-Reverse Gear

Date: 08 29 1967
Description: View from above of double reduction-reverse gear that is a component of a gas turbine drive. This gear was purchased by Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Compa...
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Support Propeller Shaft

Date: 08 15 1967
Description: A roll on/roll off freighter is shown and was later purchased by Sun Shipbuilding. Falk caption reads, "Half strut for 646 single screw-roll on/roll off fr...
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Speed Reducer

Date: 01 11 1968
Description: Speed reducer that is a later component of a side entry agitator. This product was purchased by Scientific Design Company Incorporated and used by Amoco Ch...
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Maxipress

Date: 01 24 1968
Description: This maxipress purchased by The National Machinery Company. Falk caption reads, "6000 ton maxipress, 23-120T .7854DP (4 inch CP), 16 inch face. Gear: alloy...
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Tire Curing Press

Date: 03 11 1968
Description: Tire curing press that was later purchased by McNeil Akron Corporation. Falk caption reads, "14-90T, 10 P Spur, 7 inch face. Crank gears have two unique fe...
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Turbine Drive

Date: 03 11 1968
Description: This turbine drive was later purchased and used by The Whiton Machine Company. Falk caption reads, "1110YPA-1 speed reducer with lube system and cooler, ra...
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Shaft Mount BOF Drive

Date: 04 16 1968
Description: Shaft mount drive that was purchased by CB and I PECOR and used by Bethlehem Steel. Falk caption reads, "Torque tongue to be welded in the base of gear hou...
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Bull Gear

Date: 06 12 1968
Description: Bull gear for shaft mounted on a BOF drive. This gear was later purchased by Pennsylvania Engineering Corporation and used by Youngstown Sheet and Tube. Fa...
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Large Bull Gear

Date: 06 12 1968
Description: Bull gear for shaft on a BOF Drive. This gear was later purchased by Pennsylvania Engineering Corporation and used by Youngstown Sheet and Tube. Falk capti...
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Milling Splits

Date: 08 29 1968
Description: Split ring gear that was purchased by Allis Chalmers and used by Duval. Falk caption reads, "Milling Splits." Male employee in photograph is Wilbur Keen.

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