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Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

An employee uses an acetylene cutting torch to cut off rigging from ship hull part at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Atkeson, Ray

Worker at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

An employee using a grinder on a grinding gear blank (end user Hammond Lumber Co.) at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Atkeson, Ray

Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

An unidentified employee uses an acetylene cutting torch to cut off rigging from a ship hull part at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Atkeson, Ray

Interior view of Columbia Steel Casting Company

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Two employees help guide a large, ship's hull casting as it is removed from the mold by a crane at Columbia Steel Casting Company. Note mold half in background with employee riding on top as it’s moved with a crane.

Atkeson, Ray

Photo-Art Commercial Studios order form for order PA64209

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Handwritten Photo-Art Commercial Studios order form with operator instructions for order number PA64209 for Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Photo-Art Commercial Studios (Portland, Or.)

Cleaning steel-cast components at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Two employees cleaning steel-cast components with an electric swing grinder and a pneumatic chipping gun at Columbia Steel Casting company.

Atkeson, Ray

Finish work on steel cast pieces at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Unidentified men work on finishing several steel cast pieces at Columbia Steel Casting Company. A stern frame casting is being polished in the foreground.

Atkeson, Ray

Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

An employee uses track burner to remove riser from stern frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Atkeson, Ray

Welders at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Two welders doing repair work on a rudder pivot shaft casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Atkeson, Ray

Cleaning a steel-cast component at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

An employee using a chipping gun to excavate a casting defect to prepare for a weld repair at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Atkeson, Ray

Workers at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

An employee using a pneumatic chipping gun to clean out an internal cavity in a ship hull casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Atkeson, Ray

Packing sand into a mold at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Two employees at Columbia Steel Casting Company hand packing sand into a core box to form a core.

Atkeson, Ray

Pouring steel in the Columbia Steel Casting Company foundry

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

An employee at Columbia Steel Casting Company pours steel into a mold from a lip pour ladle while a second employee uses a rake to hold back floating slag.

Atkeson, Ray

Workers at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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Item
1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Three employees pulling a pattern from a deep mold at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Atkeson, Ray

Pouring steel in the Columbia Steel Casting Company foundry

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Two employees at Columbia Steel Casting Company pour steel into opposite ends of a large mold from two ladles simultaneously ('Double Pour') for a steel cast component.

Atkeson, Ray

Worker at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

A molder setting cores inside a mold at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Atkeson, Ray

Constructing a casting flasks at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

An employee on a crane seat uses a slinger to fill a larger mold box with sand at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Atkeson, Ray

Pouring steel in the Columbia Steel Casting Company foundry

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Employees at Columbia Steel Casting Company transfer liquid metal from a crane ladle into a smaller shank ladle with two long handles.

Atkeson, Ray

Pouring steel into a flask in the Columbia Steel Casting Company foundry

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Pouring crew at Columbia Steel Casting Company fills mall molds from a shank ladle.

Atkeson, Ray

Frank Budrow guiding a crane in the Columbia Steel Casting Company foundry

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Frank Budrow, a Columbia Steel Casting Company employee, guiding a crane hook onto the ladle bail in the foundry. An unidentified man operating the crane is sitting on a platform in the upper left corner of the building.

Atkeson, Ray

Workers at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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Item
1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Two employees at Columbia Steel Casting Company place rebar on large cores for rebar to act as an inserted chill.

Atkeson, Ray

Packing sand into a casting flask at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Unidentified employees at Columbia Steel Casting Company working on a completed casting mold. One employee is shoveling heap sand. A second employee is standing on the mold loosening riser plugs with a sledge hammer for removal.

Atkeson, Ray