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The Enola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named for Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets, who selected the aircraft while it was still on the assembly line. On 6 August 1945, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb. The bomb, code-named "Little Boy", was targeted at the city of Hiroshima, Japan, and caused unprecedented destruction. Enola Gay participated in the second atomic attack as the weather reconnaissance aircraft for the primary target of Kokura. Clouds and drifting smoke resulted in Nagasaki being bombed instead.
Source: www.wikipedia.org
December 30, 2012, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Virginia, taken here
Somewhere in Brentford, next to the busy elevated section of the A4, is a little warehouse where the famous folding Brompton bicycle comes to be.
Once the main components are put together by skilled brazers and the surface finished, they're sent off to be powder coated, and then they're ready for the assembly line. Part of the beauty of the folding bike is that you can specify different coloured parts for the bike.
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Palmer, Alfred T.,, photographer.
Cowling and control rods are added to motors for North American B-25 bombers as they move down the assembly line, N[orth] A[merican] Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif.
1942 Oct.
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
North American Aviation, Inc.
Airplane industry
Assembly-line methods
World War, 1939-1945
Engines
United States--California--Inglewood
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-38 (DLC) 93845501
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Call Number: LC-USW36-259
Hollem, Howard R.,, photographer.
Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas
1942 Oct.
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
Transport planes
Airplane industry
World War, 1939-1945
Assembly-line methods
Women--Employment
United States--Texas--Fort Worth
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-19 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
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Call Number: LC-USW36-31
An excellent photograph, ca. 1966/67 of the assembly line for F-1 rocket engine thrust chambers at North American Aviation’s Rocketdyne Division facility, Canoga Park, CA.
The number on the dolly is that of the engine on it, in this case '2093' being visible.
And along those lines...excellent...as always:
heroicrelics.org/info/f-1/f-1-serials.html
Credit: Mike Jetzer/HEROIC RELICS website
Wouldn't it be cool to know if '2093' helped to power any flight? And if so, which?
Note that the caged overhead red light of Engine no. 2093’s bay & that of the bay next to it are both on. Price check?
Probably too simplistic an observation; however, based on the positioning of the two crouched individuals (in the immediate vicinity of hydraulic jack stands), and the gentleman standing between them, staring at a level placed on the dolly frame, they appear to be ensuring the thrust structure is level. And five other guys…that’s a lot of oversight…for a leveling procedure. Finally, pushing the trivial ‘pursuit’ of my inane observations, note also the different color (red & black) of the Rocketdyne logos on the lab coats of the two gentlemen immediately to the left of the support column. Denoting hierarchy, different sections, departments, etc? And one of them wearing a bowtie, with clipboard, thick documentation of some sort & pencil at the ready…so maybe an inspector or someone supervisory? Not to stereotype, but (to me) a bowtie is an indicator of some eclectic, quirky & slightly eccentric thing going on. So, maybe he’s like a supervisor from the theoretical/future propulsion technologies development section/department. You know, something really heady & ‘out there’.
A contemporary ‘official’ caption associated with a similar image:
“F-1 Assembly – Archive photo of the F-1 assembly line at Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Canoga Park, California facility.”
At:
www.rocket.com/sites/default/files/images/media/apollo50/...
Credit: Aerojet Rocketdyne website
Good Saturn engine reading:
This is a old photo of a assembly line in a Monterey Sardine Factory at the Cannery Row
........think about the smell.....woooo hoooooo
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardine
Seen on Explore
Jun 10, 2008 #434
An impressive photograph, ca. 1966/67 of the assembly line for F-1 rocket engine thrust chambers at North American Aviation’s Rocketdyne Division facility, Canoga Park, CA.
The number on the dolly is that of the engine on it, in this case '2053' & '2057' being visible.
And along those lines...excellent...as always:
heroicrelics.org/info/f-1/f-1-serials.html
Credit: Mike Jetzer/HEROIC RELICS website
The contemporary ‘official’ caption associated with the image:
“F-1 Assembly – Archive photo of the F-1 assembly line at Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Canoga Park, California facility.”
At:
www.rocket.com/sites/default/files/images/media/apollo50/...
Credit: Aerojet Rocketdyne website
Good Saturn engine reading:
Designed and built in under a year, Willow Run became the symbol of the American “Arsenal of Democracy” in World War II.
Henry Ford believed that bombers could be mass produced like automobiles. Ford Motor's Charles E. Sorenson called Albert Kahn in and told him, "We have been asked to manufacture parts for a bomber and it seems likely that we'll also build complete planes." Construction was ongoing when Pearl Harbor was attacked, resulting in a dramatic increase in the plant's required output of aircraft and parts. This necessitated a large addition to the plant even as it was under construction. Nevertheless, the factory was completed ahead of schedule.
(There is an urban legend that the production line had a 90 degree turn in order to avoid having the factory spill into another county with a corresponding increase in taxes. This is not true. The turn in the production line was a result of the government's doubling of the required output, which necessitated adding length to the production line. As the line was planned to end at the runway and taxiway system previously completed, turning the line was the only available means by which it could be extended.)
Willow Run was the first plant to build aircraft on a moving assembly line and Ford produced nearly half of the 18,000 B-24 Liberator bombers constructed during WWII. By war’s end, it was turning out one bomber per hour.
Designed to operate 24 hours a day, the more than half-mile long factory was windowless, illuminated by 156,000 fluorescent lamps (nearly equal to the total number of fluorescent lamps manufactured in 1938). Only a small section of the original plant still stands.
This photo was taken in 1943 and shows the end of the main assembly line. The aircraft would be turned to their right at this point for the final leg of the line. On the floor can be seen the turntable used to rotate the aircraft.
The bomber in the foreground, serial number 42-7055, (as well as most of the others seen here) was sent to Alamogordo Army Airfield in New Mexico where it was used to train bomber pilots.
At some point, this aircraft was transferred to Courtland Army Airfield in Alabama where it was used for specialized 4-engine training. On February 19, 1945, the aircraft crashed while landing, suffering extensive damage and killing three of the crew members. Air Corps accidents were common during the war; on that same day there were 18 fatal accidents in the U.S. that resulted in 61 deaths.
The original black and white photograph is in the collection of the Walter Reuther Library at Wayne State University. It was colorized in Photoshop.
Palmer, Alfred T.,, photographer.
With careful Douglas training, women do accurate electrical assembly and installation work, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.
1942 Oct.
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
Douglas Aircraft Company
Airplane industry
Women--Employment
World War, 1939-1945
Assembly-line methods
United States--California--Long Beach
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-39 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35332
Call Number: LC-USW36-97
This, along with a few starfighters using cockpit boxen, will be my last window display for the King of Prussia LEGO Store.
I am very thankful for the opportunity to display in the window, and I hope I get the chance at some other store in the future. It's a fun way to show kids what's possible with LEGO.
Less than three weeks until the move to Charlotte! It still doesn't feel quite real yet.
Palmer, Alfred T.,, photographer.
Assembling B-25 bombers at North American Aviation, Kansas City, Kan[sas]
1942 Oct.
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
North American Aviation, Inc.
Airplane industry
Assembly-line methods
World War, 1939-1945
Hangars
Bombers
United States--Kansas--Kansas City
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-38 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35291
Call Number: LC-USW36-238
Foden half-cab (S50?) dumper trucks coming of the Foden assembly line at the company’s Sandbach factory in the early 1970s. This model remained virtually unchanged from its introduction in the mid 1950s.
A robotic arm left behind in the former (now demolished) St. Thomas Assembly plant in Southwold, Ontario, Canada.
You can see my full set from this location here: www.jameshackland.com/special-project
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Management by running around never struck me as a relaxed management style...
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Still from Modern Times a brickfilm inspired on the factory scenes of Charlie Chaplin's 'Modern Times': youtu.be/8LBRosRvum8
Palmer, Alfred T.,, photographer.
Two women employees of North American Aviation, Incorporated, assembling a section of a wing for a P-51 fighter plane
1942 Oct.
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
North American Aviation, Inc.
Airplane industry
Assembly-line methods
World War, 1939-1945
Women--Employment
United States--California--Inglewood
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-38 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35298
Call Number: LC-USW36-249
Persistent URL: floridamemory.com/items/show/339029
Local call number: DC055410
Title: Worker checking bottles on the assembly line at the Thatcher Glass Manufacturing Company in Tampa
Date: November 1966
Physical descrip: 1 transparency - col. - 4 x 5 in.
Series Title: Department of Commerce Collection
Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida
500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL, 32399-0250 USA, Contact: 850.245.6700, Archives@dos.myflorida.com
Delano, Jack,, photographer.
Drying oranges at a co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. Santa Fe R.R. trip
1943 March
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
Southern California Fruit Exchange
World War, 1939-1945
Oranges
Citrus fruit industry
Cooperatives
United States--California--Redlands
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-10 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34769
Call Number: LC-USW36-880
Palmer, Alfred T.,, photographer.
Riveter at work at the Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant in Long Beach, Calif.
1942 Oct.
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
Douglas Aircraft Company
Airplane industry
World War, 1939-1945
Assembly-line methods
United States--California--Long Beach
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-39 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35353
Call Number: LC-USW36-125
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
This photo was taken in 2002 when Mack moved the over the road chassis assembly line from their Winnsboro Plant to Volvo's New River Plant. I was on the IT project team involved in this implementation. I was directly responsible for the Corporate Chassis Records (CCR) system which collected and stored parts and serial information for each truck that was built.
V-2 assembly at White Sands Proving Ground, ca. 1954+. Possibly Building 1538?
Definitely not a "white room" environment, eh? Granted, not yet necessary based on the technological capability.
The object on the far left, with the numerals “37”, with what looks like multiple fuel injection ports?, is a combustion chamber. And to its right, one can be seen installed, plumbing attached, in the aft of the horizontal V-2.
The photograph has a very fine matte sheen, with the feel of early & very heavy "A KODAK PAPER". Meant to withstand the test of time, which it most certainly has!
Also at:
Credit: Beggs Aerospace website
Palmer, Alfred T.,, photographer.
On North American's outdoor assembly line, a painter cleans the tail section of a P-51 fighter prior to spraying the olive-drab camouflage of the U.S. Army, N[orth] A[merican] Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif.
1942 Oct.
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
North American Aviation, Inc.
Airplane industry
Assembly-line methods
World War, 1939-1945
Painting
United States--California--Inglewood
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-38 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35303
Call Number: LC-USW36-258
I took these 10 Photographs of the Machinery used in Bottling Coca Cola at the World of Coca Museum, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Pharmacist John Stith Pemberton invented Coca Cola in 1886. The Coca Cola Museum fronts on a small park near the Hilton Garden Inn Hotel where we stayed during our visit to Atlanta. The World of Coca Cola Museum is located at 121 Baker Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30313.
In June 2018, my wife & I attended a Family Wedding at the Hilton Garden Inn, 275 Baker Street in Atlanta, Georgia. One end the hallway on the on the 13 Floor (they call it Floor PH) gave me a Great View of the CSX Tracks, while the other end of the hallway gave me a great view of the Skyview Ferris Wheel across the street from Centennial Olympic Park.
Since we were in Atlanta for several days, I had some time to visit the Coca Cola Museum, which was a short 2 blocks away from our Hotel.
Several buildings in this shot played a significant role in the development of the automobile industry, and subsequently the American way of life. Quite a few other buildings, including Cadillac's first 2 factories, the Studebaker plant, an early Firestone facility, and several early dealerships no longer stand.
1973 Corvette Convertible
National Corvette Miseum
One of two Corvettes in the assembly line exhibit.
Palmer, Alfred T.,, photographer.
B-25 bomber planes at the North American Aviation, Incorporated being hauled along an outdoor assembly line with an "International" tractor, Kansas City, Kansas
1942 Oct.
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
North American Aviation, Inc.
Airplane industry
Assembly-line methods
World War, 1939-1945
Bombers
United States--Kansas--Kansas City
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-38 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35288
Call Number: LC-USW36-145
©2015 James Hackland
This image cannot be used or manipulated in part or in whole in any way whatsoever without my written permission.
I took these 10 Photographs of the Machinery used in Bottling Coca Cola at the World of Coca Museum, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Pharmacist John Stith Pemberton invented Coca Cola in 1886. The Coca Cola Museum fronts on a small park near the Hilton Garden Inn Hotel where we stayed during our visit to Atlanta. The World of Coca Cola Museum is located at 121 Baker Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30313.
In June 2018, my wife & I attended a Family Wedding at the Hilton Garden Inn, 275 Baker Street in Atlanta, Georgia. One end the hallway on the on the 13 Floor (they call it Floor PH) gave me a Great View of the CSX Tracks, while the other end of the hallway gave me a great view of the Skyview Ferris Wheel across the street from Centennial Olympic Park.
Since we were in Atlanta for several days, I had some time to visit the Coca Cola Museum, which was a short 2 blocks away from our Hotel.
Working the Assembly Line
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Still from Modern Times a brickfilm inspired on the factory scenes of Charlie Chaplin's 'Modern Times': youtu.be/8LBRosRvum8
Palmer, Alfred T.,, photographer.
View of the B-25 final assembly line at North American Aviation's Inglewood, California, plant
1942
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
North American Aviation, Inc.
Airplane industry
Assembly-line methods
World War, 1939-1945
Bombers
United States--California--Inglewood
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-38 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35295
Call Number: LC-USW36-244
Palmer, Alfred T.,, photographer.
North American B-25 bomber is prepared for painting on the outside assembly line, N[orth] A[merican] Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif.
1942 Oct.
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
North American Aviation, Inc.
Airplane industry
Assembly-line methods
World War, 1939-1945
Painting
Bombers
United States--California--Inglewood
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-38 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35293
Call Number: LC-USW36-240
This place is a lot darker than this shot makes it appear. I tried to style the end version as a tribute ( it's similiar to his style of processing as well ) to one of my good friends and a heckeva photographer Tony Lafferty ( www.flickr.com/photos/tonylafferty/ ) - a long overdue tribute.
I took these 10 Photographs of the Machinery used in Bottling Coca Cola at the World of Coca Museum, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Pharmacist John Stith Pemberton invented Coca Cola in 1886. The Coca Cola Museum fronts on a small park near the Hilton Garden Inn Hotel where we stayed during our visit to Atlanta. The World of Coca Cola Museum is located at 121 Baker Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30313.
In June 2018, my wife & I attended a Family Wedding at the Hilton Garden Inn, 275 Baker Street in Atlanta, Georgia. One end the hallway on the on the 13 Floor (they call it Floor PH) gave me a Great View of the CSX Tracks, while the other end of the hallway gave me a great view of the Skyview Ferris Wheel across the street from Centennial Olympic Park.
Since we were in Atlanta for several days, I had some time to visit the Coca Cola Museum, which was a short 2 blocks away from our Hotel.
Columbia Presbyterian hospital has taken over the Washingtom Avenue Armory on 169th street and has turned it into a vaccination center. 76 stations and thousands of shots daily, it’s an impressive operation. Got my second shot today.
Palmer, Alfred T.,, photographer.
Employees on the "Sunshine" assembly line at North American's plant put the finishing touches on another B-25 bomber, Inglewood, Calif. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe
1942 Oct.
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
North American Aviation, Inc.
Airplane industry
Assembly-line methods
World War, 1939-1945
Bombers
United States--California--Inglewood
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-38 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35296
Call Number: LC-USW36-245