Loading a stern frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company
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Three employees loading a large, stern frame casting onto a rail cart using a pulley hoist at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
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Loading a stern frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company
Three employees loading a large, stern frame casting onto a rail cart using a pulley hoist at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An unidentified worker welding a joint on a cast-steel component at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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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.
Supplemental descriptive information contributed in 2019 by Chris Horn, Facilities Director for Columbia Steel.
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Grinding seams on steel-cast components at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee using a hand grinder to smooth seams on a steel-cast component at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Cleaning steel-cast components at Columbia Steel Casting Company
Two employees cleaning steel-cast components with an electric swing grinder and a pneumatic chipping gun at Columbia Steel Casting company.
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Cleaning skeg from castings at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee using an electric swing frame grinder to clean skeg off a ship frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company. The caption at the bottom of the image reads, “Skeg being cleaned.”
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Workers at Columbia Steel Casting Company
Unidentified men working on a stern frame and other steel cast components at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Grinding steel-cast components at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee using a swing grinder on the inside of a ship stern frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Chiseling steel-cast components at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee using a pneumatic chipping gun on a ship hull frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Grinding seams on steel-cast components at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee using a swing frame grinder to clean skeg off a ship hull frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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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.
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Welding a stern frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee welding a joint on a stern frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company. Several other employees are visible working on other pieces in the background.
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Cleaning steel-cast components at Columbia Steel Casting Company
Employees using pneumatic chipping guns to clean a stern frame casting 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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Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee uses an acetylene torch track burner to remove a riser from a ship frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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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.
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Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee using an acetylene torch on a track burner to remove a riser at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee using an acetylene cutting torch with a track to remove a riser from a hull frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee uses track burner to remove riser from stern frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Moving steel-cast components at Columbia Steel Casting Company
Employees guiding a ship hull frame casting on an overhead crane lift at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Cleaning steel-cast components at Columbia Steel Casting Company
Employees operating swing grinders on a ship hull cast at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Cleaning steel-cast components at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee using a swing grinder on a stern frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting company.
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Cleaning steel-cast components at Columbia Steel Casting Company
Employees using swing grinders, chipping guns, and pneumatic chisels on steel-cast components at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee using a hand held acetylene cutting torch to remove a riser at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Finish work on a steel propeller at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee grinds flaws out of a steel propeller casting while two other men observe at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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Cleaning skeg from castings at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee uses a prybar to remove the slag after an acetylene cutting torch has cut the riser steel-cast component at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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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.
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Finish work on steel-cast components at Columbia Steel Casting Company
Two employees using pneumatic tools on castings for a ship's hull at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
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