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Workers at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Three employees add a riser to an arc furnace at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

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

Crane ladle at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

An employee steadies a crane ladle as it is filled with steel from an arc furnace at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Atkeson, Ray

Filling flasks at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Employees using an open cabbed overhead crane ladle to pour a mold at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

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

An employee at Columbia Steel Casting Company uses a pneumatic rammer to pack backing sand into a cope (top half of mold).

Atkeson, Ray

Grinding steel-cast components at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

An employee using a swing grinder on the inside of a ship stern frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Atkeson, Ray

Crane ladle at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

An employee rakes the slag off the top of the molten steel in a crane ladle 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

A melter pulls a liquid steel sample from arc furnace for analysis at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Atkeson, Ray

A ship propeller at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Two unidentified workers guide a ship's propeller on a crane at Columbia Steel Casting Company. Another worker is visible operating the crane from a booth in the upper portion of the photograph.

Atkeson, Ray

Worker at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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Item
1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

An employee adds material into an arc furnace at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Atkeson, Ray

Worker at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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Item
1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

An employee adjusts the torches used to keep two lip pour ladles hot, before being filled with molten steel at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Atkeson, Ray

Lifting stern frame castings with a crane at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

An employee helps guide a large stern frame casting being lifted by a crane at Columbia Steel Casting Company. Another worker is visible in the crane operator booth at the upper center of the photograph.

Atkeson, Ray