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Chrysler tank arsenal. This is one of the huge machine tools used in production of the M-3 tanks, the twenty-eight ton monsters built at the Chrysler tank arsenal in Detroit. This press works with a power of 450 tons, stamping out quarter inch steel floor plates
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Credit lineChrysler tank arsenal. This is one of the huge machine tools used in production of the M-3 tanks, the twenty-eight ton monsters built at the Chrysler tank arsenal in Detroit. This press works with a p. 1940-01-01. 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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