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Southern Ductile Casting Company, Grinding & Shipping, 2217 Carolina Avenue, Bessemer, Jefferson County, AL
Location2217 Carolina Avenue,
Bessemer, AL
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER AL-125-F
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. GRINDING ROOM AT SOUTHERN DUCTILE CASTING COMPANY, BESSEMER FOUNDRY SHOWING WHEELABORATOR THAT IMPALE SHOT AT TUMBLING CASTINGS TO REMOVE EXCESS SURFACE METALS AND SAND; ANNEALING OVENS TO HEAT CERTAIN CASTINGS TO ACHIEVE A DESIRED CHARACTERISTIC; AND GRINDING WHEELS USED TO REMOVE GATES.
2. JOHN JAMES AND RONNIE DENNIS GRINDING THE INTERIOR OF A CAST SPACE.
3. FINISHED CASTINGS ARE ONLY GROUND BEFORE THEY ARE SHIPPED TO CUSTOMERS WHO COMPLETE THE FINISHING IN THEIR OWN MACHINE SHOPS.
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