Vintage work crew photos

[Jon]

Worker cuts compressed air glass cylinders with the hot wire method, which preceded the Pennvernon process. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company (PPG). 1925.

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[marksbug]

now thats pretty neet

[Ralphxyz]

How does that work? Is that the power lines overhead?

Ralph

[Toolmaker51]

Had to dive in......Plenty o' info here.
https://www.google.com/search?client...+glass+cutting

[Hoosiersmoker]

They must be good at their job. Only a few small pieces of glass on teh floor!

[Toolmaker51]

They must be good at their job. Only a few small pieces of glass on teh floor!

That is what made look. Wanted to see what the starting and terminal end looked like; extent of the remnants. Didn't find so much as a description.

[Jon]

Working on inflatable rubber boats at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Plant. California, 1943.

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[Toolmaker51]

Millennials don't get to say "Hey! There's MY Mom!", and likely unaware maybe Grandmother instead.

Mine, occupied otherwise;


In fairness, her forte before this was NOT a war plant, or production of any kind. After sewing her fingers together making Lipton Tea bags........but a terrific Marine photographer! They addressed her as Babe, never mere babe.

[mklotz]

Those inflatable rubber "boats" look a lot like the pontoons used during the war to temporarily bridge rivers. Wikipedia has a good article on pontoon bridges...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontoon_bridge

I copied a couple of pictures from that article to show the resemblence to the rubber "boats"

[marksbug]

you could get a little dingy when they started gluing the dingys...