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Title
Giant tire manufacturer. Final inspection of the world's largest tire, the 36.00-40 earth mover, used in the construction of airports and new army camps. This huge tire stands nine and a half feet high, with tube and flap, weighs 3,646 pounds and carries 55,000 pounds. The giant mold in which it is vulcanized weighs 300,000 pounds and stands two and a half stories high when the cover is open. The top section of the mold which is raised and lowered to admit the tire, weighs sixteen tons. Large bullet- sealing gasoline and oil tanks are also being cured in this mold
Type
Still Image
Collection
Contribution
Palmer, Alfred T. (Photographer)
United States. Office for Emergency Management (Contributor)
Place
United States--Ohio--Summit County--Akron.
Genre Form
graphic
Safety film negatives
Language
English
Classification
LCC: LC-USE6- D-002814 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
Content
still image
Government Publication Type
Federal
Authorized Access Point
Palmer, Alfred T. Giant tire manufacturer. Final inspection of the world's largest tire, the 36.00-40 earth mover, used in the construction of airports and new army camps. This huge tire stands nine and a half feet high, with tube and flap, weighs 3,646 pounds and carries 55,000 pounds. The giant mold in which it is vulcanized weighs 300,000 pounds and stands two and a half stories high when the cover is open. The top section of the mold which is raised and lowered to admit the tire, weighs sixteen tons. Large bullet- sealing gasoline and oil tanks are also being cured in this mold
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Generation Process: DLC marc2bibframe2 v2.5.0
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Encoding Level: minimal
Identified By: bf:Local, 19635788
Change Date: 2017-05-15T08:24:55
Creation Date: 2002-01-29
Description Language: English
Assigner: United States, Library of Congress