Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
- OrgLot791_PA64209-3
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- 1944-08
An unidentified worker welding a joint on a cast-steel component at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
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Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An unidentified worker welding a joint on a cast-steel component at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Workers at Columbia Steel Casting Company
Unidentified men working on a stern frame and other steel cast components at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
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.
Atkeson, Ray
Operating above-ground molding equipment at Columbia Steel Casting Company
Three unidentified workers operate above-ground molding equipment designed by Columbia Steel Casting Company to speed production of large stern frames during World War II.
Atkeson, Ray
Operating above-ground molding equipment at Columbia Steel Casting Company
Three unidentified workers operate above-ground molding equipment designed by Columbia Steel Casting Company to speed production of large stern frames during World War II.
Atkeson, Ray
Frank Budrow guiding a crane in the Columbia Steel Casting Company foundry
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
Lifting steel-castings with a crane at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An unidentified worker helps guide a large steel-cast component being lifted by a crane at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
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.
Atkeson, Ray
Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An unidentified employee Employee removes solidification gusset with an acetylene cutting torch from a ship hull casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Packing sand into a casting flask at Columbia Steel Casting Company
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
Workers at Columbia Steel Casting Company
Unidentified molders at Columbia Steel Casting Company work under the cope of a mold. Molders use core nails to secure chills, the mold parting compound is visible (white at edge of mold cavity).
Atkeson, Ray
Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An unidentified employee uses an acetylene cutting torch to cut off rigging from a ship hull part at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Finish work on a stern frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company
Four employees use pneumatic chipping guns to clean a stern frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Worker at Columbia Steel Casting Company
A melter pulls a liquid steel sample from arc furnace for analysis at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Cleaning room at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee using a swing frame grinder on a stern frame casting in the cleaning room at the Columbia Steel Casting Company foundry. Caption from bottom of negative reads, “Center section in cleaning room. Pouring weight 50,000 pounds.”
Atkeson, Ray
Workers at Columbia Steel Casting Company
Three employees using an overhead crane to pull a wooden pattern from a mold at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Worker at Columbia Steel Casting Company
A molder setting cores inside a mold at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Worker at Columbia Steel Casting Company
A machinist checks the angle of the ground surface of a rock crusher liner at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee uses an acetylene cutting torch to cut off rigging from ship hull part at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Cleaning skeg from castings at Columbia Steel Casting Company
Two employees work on cleaning a casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company. One employee uses a cutting torch to remove rigging, and another uses a bar to hand chip off sand.
Atkeson, Ray
Worker at Columbia Steel Casting Company
A molder setting cores in a deep mold at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Cleaning steel-cast components at Columbia Steel Casting Company
Two employees work on stern frame of ship at Columbia Steel Casting Company. One employee uses a cutting torch to remove a riser and one uses a pneumatic chipping gun.
Atkeson, Ray
Workers at Columbia Steel Casting Company
Two employees empty (‘tap’) an arc furnace of a batch (‘heat’) of steel into a ladle at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee uses track burner to remove riser from stern frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee uses a track burner to remove riser from a stern frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Pouring steel into a flask in the Columbia Steel Casting Company foundry
Pouring crew at Columbia Steel Casting Company fills mall molds from a shank ladle.
Atkeson, Ray
Crane ladle at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee pouring steel into a crane ladle at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Packing sand into a casting flask at Columbia Steel Casting Company
Employees use screens for facing the mold cavity for a stern frame while shoveling heap sand and using a specialized frame for drawing the complicated pattern out of the mold at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray