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Furnace at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Detail view of the door for an arc furnace at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Atkeson, Ray

Workers at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Four employees using a crane to set cores into a mold cavity at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Atkeson, Ray

Workers at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Three employees using an overhead crane to pull a wooden pattern from a mold at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Atkeson, Ray

Mold-making at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

An employee checking cores before they are set in molds at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Atkeson, Ray

Workers at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Unidentified men working on a stern frame and other steel cast components at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Atkeson, Ray

Workers at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Two employees at Columbia Steel Casting Company place rebar on large cores for rebar to act as an inserted chill.

Atkeson, Ray

Making mold cavity inserts at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Two employees make mold cavity inserts ('Cores') at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Atkeson, Ray

Frank Budrow guiding a crane in the Columbia Steel Casting Company foundry

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

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

Pouring steel into a flask in the Columbia Steel Casting Company foundry

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Pouring crew at Columbia Steel Casting Company fills mall molds from a shank ladle.

Atkeson, Ray

Pouring steel in the Columbia Steel Casting Company foundry

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1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Employees at Columbia Steel Casting Company transfer liquid metal from a crane ladle into a smaller shank ladle with two long handles.

Atkeson, Ray

Constructing a casting flasks at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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Item
1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

An employee on a crane seat uses a slinger to fill a larger mold box with sand at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Atkeson, Ray

Packing sand into a casting flask at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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Item
1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

An employee using a pneumatic rammer to pack sand into a core box 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 molder setting cores inside a mold at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Atkeson, Ray

Workers at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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Item
1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Six employees using a rail car to move cores into a core oven for baking at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Atkeson, Ray

Pouring steel in the Columbia Steel Casting Company foundry

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Item
1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Two employees at Columbia Steel Casting Company pour steel into opposite ends of a large mold from two ladles simultaneously ('Double Pour') for a steel cast component.

Atkeson, Ray

Chiseling steel-cast components at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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Item
1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

An employee using a pneumatic chipping gun on a ship hull frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Atkeson, Ray

Workers at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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Item
1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Three employees pulling a pattern from a deep mold at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Atkeson, Ray

Workers at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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Item
1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Two employees use an overhead crane to pick up a core and a third employee uses a hand tamper to pack a core box with sand.

Atkeson, Ray

Pouring steel in the Columbia Steel Casting Company foundry

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Item
1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

An employee at Columbia Steel Casting Company pours steel into a mold from a lip pour ladle while a second employee uses a rake to hold back floating slag.

Atkeson, Ray

Forming a mold at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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Item
1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Two employees at Columbia Steel Casting Company finish a larger core before it is set in the mold.

Atkeson, Ray

Constructing a casting flask at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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Item
1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Employees at Columbia Steel Casting Company working to close a mold by placing the cope (top half of the mold) onto the drag (bottom half) of the mold.

Atkeson, Ray

Mold construction at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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Item
1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Four employees use an overhead crane to close the two halves of a ship hull frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Atkeson, Ray

Packing sand into a mold at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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Item
1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Two employees at Columbia Steel Casting Company hand packing sand into a core box to form a core.

Atkeson, Ray

Interior view of an oven at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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Item
1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

An interior view of a heat treat oven via an observation port at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Atkeson, Ray

Workers at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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Item
1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Employees at Columbia Steel Casting Company pull a pattern from a mold.

Atkeson, Ray

Workers at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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Item
1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

Two molders at Columbia Steel Casting Company start to pull a pattern from a deep mold.

Atkeson, Ray

Cleaning skeg from castings at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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Item
1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

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.”

Atkeson, Ray

Cleaning skeg from castings at Columbia Steel Casting Company

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Item
1944-08

Part of Photo Art Commercial Studio photographs

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

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