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Columbia Steel Casting Company
This series contains photographs of steelworkers and equipment detailing the steel casting process used for making large steel components for Liberty Ships constructed in Portland (Or.) area shipyards during World War II.
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Cleaning steel-cast components at Columbia Steel Casting Company
Two unidentified workers cleaning steel-cast components with a swing frame grinder at Columbia Steel Casting company.
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Finish work on steel cast pieces at Columbia Steel Casting Company
Unidentified men work on finishing several steel cast pieces at Columbia Steel Casting Company. A stern frame casting is being polished in the foreground.
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Worker at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An unidentified worker using a grinder on a steel-cast component at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An unidentified welder working on a steel-cast component at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Worker at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An unidentified worker using a swing frame grinder on a steel-cast component at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Worker at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An unidentified worker using a swing frame grinder on a steel-cast component at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An unidentified welder working on a steel-cast component at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Worker at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An unidentified worker using a grinder on a steel-cast component at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An unidentified welder working on a steel-cast component at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Pouring steel in the Columbia Steel Casting Company foundry
Workers pouring steel from the ladle into flasks (flask boxes) in the Columbia Steel Casting Company foundry. Pictured to the left of the ladle is Lee Beavers. In the foreground of the picture, D. C. Gore, furnace department foreman, is preparing to put riser compound on the riser top once pouring is complete.
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Liberty Ship stern subassemblies
A view of the stern subassemblies for a Liberty Ship showing how the stern frames produced by Columbia Steel Casting Company were welded to the ship’s hull plates.
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Interior view of Columbia Steel Casting Company
A large steel-cast component being lifted by a crane while below an unidentified worker uses a grinder to smooth another component at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Cleaning steel-cast components at Columbia Steel Casting Company
Unidentified workers using welding torches, chisels, and grinders to clean steel-cast components at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Interior view of Columbia Steel Casting Company
Two unidentified workers help guide a large, steel-cast component being lifted by a crane at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Welding a stern frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An unidentified man welding a joint on a stern frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company. Several other unidentified people are visible working on other pieces in the background.
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Cleaning steel-cast components at Columbia Steel Casting Company
Unidentified workers using pneumatic chisels to clean channels in a steel-cast component at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An unidentified worker welding a seam on a steel-cast component at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An unidentified worker welding a seam on a steel-cast component at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An unidentified worker welding a seam on a steel-cast component at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An unidentified worker welding a seam on a steel-cast component at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An unidentified worker welding a seam on a steel-cast component while another worker looks on at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An unidentified worker using a welding torch on a steel-cast component at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Loading a stern frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company
Three unidentified workers loading a large, stern frame casting onto a rail cart using a pulley hoist at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Finish work on a steel propeller at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An unidentified man works on a steel propeller with chisels while two other men observe at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Cleaning steel-cast components at Columbia Steel Casting Company
Two unidentified workers cleaning steel-cast components with a swing frame grinder at Columbia Steel Casting company.
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Moving steel-cast components at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An unidentified worker guiding a steel-cast component on a crane lift at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Cleaning steel-cast components at Columbia Steel Casting Company
Unidentified workers using swing grinders and pneumatic chisels to clean steel-cast components at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray