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| Russell Aikins - American Steel and Wire Company, Cleveland OH, Donora. PA, and Trenton, NJ |
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Contact: Charles Schwartz
Email: cms@cs-photo.com
Phone: 212-534-4496
Company: Charles Schwartz Ltd.
Company: 21 East 90th Street
Company: New York, NY 10128 USA
URL: http://www.cs-photo.com
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| Ref.#: 10049 |
| Price: $4,000 |
| Medium: Album of 40 Vintage Gelatin Silver Prints |
| Image Date: ca. 1945 |
| Print Date: ca. 1945 |
| Dimensions: 8 x 10 in. (203 x 254 mm) |
| Photo Country: United States (USA) |
| Photographer Country: United States (USA) |
| Description: The forty classic industrial photographs in this album were almost entirely taken by Russell Aikins. They illustrate the manufacturing of wire, from the fine stainless steel wire manufactured in Cleveland’s central furnaces, where special wire receives a heat treatment, is tested and examined in their labs, and the Zinc furnaces of Donora PA, where the production of Zinc (used as a protective coating) is portrayed through dramatic views of the furnaces where the zinc is distilled and condensed into a liquid state. Aikins captures how the molten zinc is drawn from the condensers and poured into molds, forming slabs, which are then loaded on freight cars for shipment. In the Trenton N.J. plant of U.S. Steel’s American Steel and Wire company, Aikins captures the manufacture of wire rope for Elevators in the United Nations building, as well as the wire to be spun into the suspension cables for the Delaware Memorial Bridge. He also illustrates how the wires are treated in molten lead baths, and how reels of wire are examined carefully and finally spun to create wire rope used for cables. Please contact the gallery for a quote on shipping and insurance costs. If applicable, residents of New York will be charged sales tax. International clients will be responsible for their VAT. |
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