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Conversion. Automobile plant. Workmen inspect the powerful crank of a DF-1600-60 press that weighs eighty-seven tons. The machine is being cleaned and adjusted before moving to its new assignment of drawing army truck parts in a former automobile factory. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan
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Credit lineConversion. Automobile plant. Workmen inspect the powerful crank of a DF-1600-60 press that weighs eighty-seven tons. The machine is being cleaned and adjusted before moving to its new assignment of d. 1942-01-01. Palmer, Alfred T., United States. Office For Emergency Management. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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