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Production. Magnesium. Enormous asbestos mittens must be worn by men handling the thousands of hot magnesium ingots produced daily at Basic Magnesium's giant plant in the southern Nevada desert. A number of units of this plant are now in production. Full operation is scheduled for the summer of 1943
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Credit lineProduction. Magnesium. Enormous asbestos mittens must be worn by men handling the thousands of hot magnesium ingots produced daily at Basic Magnesium's giant plant in the southern Nevada desert. A num. 1943-01-01. Henle, Fritz, United States. Office Of War Information. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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