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English: Steel bending. Washington, D.C., Sept. 23.
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Harris & Ewing, photographer
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English: Steel bending. Washington, D.C., Sept. 23.
Description
English: Steel bending. Washington, D.C., Sept. 23. Photo shows the welded steel knees in the 600,000 lb. testing machine at the U.S. Bureau of Standards today, as it buckled under 153,600 lb. maximum load. This rigid steel frame knee was designed to withstand 60,000 lbs. 9/23/37
Date [19]37 September 23.
Medium 1 negative : glass
Dimensions 4 x 5 in. or smaller
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  • LC-DIG-hec-23412 (digital file from original negative)
  • Call Number: LC-H22- D-2405 [P&P]
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  • Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection.
  • Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
  • General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
  • Temp. note: Batch five.
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