Manufacture gun barrels in Bethlehem Steel company plant, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, during World War I. A large steel ingot being machined on a milling machine. A huge cylinder of steel being turned on a lathe. Continuous heavy chip being removed by tool bit with lathe operating under relatively low speed and high depth of cut. Gun barrels being bored in a machine shop.
Manufacture of artillery at Bethlehem Steel company plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, during World War I. Two large steel castings removed from floor molds by crane and quenched in water. A very large rail gun type of barrel on plant floor is examined by an Army officer. A worker crawls through a fabricated steel cylinder, brushing debris from its interior. Water being sprayed over hot machinery and parts. A woman, in hard hat and overalls, operating an overhead crane, moves heavy gun barrels . Men hand finish gun barrels. A crew of men use extremely long wrenches to bolt a gun barrel to a turret. Workers install gun barrels into artillery pieces.
Steel worker cuts an artillery shell casing in half and displays the cross sections. Newly fabricated 14 inch shells are moved by crane. A machinist files surface of a shell being turned. Shells being moved over rollers on plant floor. Loading powder into shells. Moving shells with motorized cart and chain sling.
Manufacture of ordnance material in Bethlehem Steel company plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania during World War I. Women check the shell recepticals. Men load the shells into caissons. Caissons are finished with a hose. A man paints stripes on the caissons. Men assemble the caissons parts. These are pulled and lined up. An Army officer inspects them. View of lined up caissons.
Manufacture of artillery guns at Bethlehem Steel company plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania during World War I. Rail yard of the steel plant. A poster of an American soldier with rifle standing on top of a tank. A 14 inch gun barrel nestled in an extra long railroad car. Sky filled with smoke and steam spewing from stacks at the plant.