Worker skimming off slag from hot metal, Buick Motor Company foundry

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Description

View of a man skimming slag and dirt from hot metal during founding process at the Buick Motor Company foundry. Label on front: "The metal pourer carefully skims off surface slag and dirt from hot metal before ladle moves off down conveyor to actual molds. Buick foundry." Handwritten on back: "The metal pourer carefully skims off surface slag and dirt from hot metal before ladle moves off down conveyor to actual molds. Buick foundry. Factories--Buick."

Details

Resource ID:: na034024
Subject:: Foundry workers; Slag; Founding; Foundries; Automobile factories; Buick Motor Company; Photographic prints
Date:: 1937
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 4 x 5 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Location:: Factories--Buick
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.