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