Workers operating Bullard machine for machining cylinders
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Description
View of two men operating a Bullard machine for machining cylinders for Packard marine engines. Label on back: "Bullard machine for machining cylinders. This eight spindle lathe, type "D" Mult-Au-Matic, which rough and semi-finishes the cylinder bore and rough turns various diameters on the outside diameter weighs 48,000 pounds and cost $50,000. In order to install this machine it was necessary to set it into a pit to secure clearance for the heighth [sic]." Handwritten on back: "Packard. Marine engine. ACWP - Machine tools."
Details
- Resource ID:
- na051787
- Subject:
- Marine engines
- Lathes
- Cylinders
- Automobile factories
- Packard Motor Car Company
- Automotive Council for War Production--Archives
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1942-1945
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Location:
- MS84/Automotive Council for War Production, 87:3
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.