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Photograph of U.S. Senator & Mrs. McCarran at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant, Henderson (Nev.), circa 1943
Date
1942 to 1944
Archival Collection
Description
U.S. Senator Pat McCarren and his wife Martha McCarran touring the Basic Magnesium, Inc. plant. From original description: "Seven million dollars in silver bus bars ?' x 8" lengths, 2 foot to 40 foot long (Due to lack of copper)."
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Photograph of Victor Kunkel, Pat McCarran, and others at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant, Henderson (Nev.), circa 1943
Date
1942 to 1944
Archival Collection
Description
Left to right: 1. U.S. Treasury Guard, 2. Victor V. Kunkel, 3. F.O. Case, 4. Senator Pat McCarran, 5. Pop Mooney, and 6. U.S. Treasury Guard standing in front of silver bus bars at Basic Magnesium Inc. plant.
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Photograph of bus bar drilling at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant, Henderson (Nev.), July 8, 1942
Date
1942-07-08
Archival Collection
Description
Men drilling 7/8" holes in bus bars using machines at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant.
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Photograph of bus bar bending at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant, Henderson (Nev.), July 4, 1942
Date
1942-07-04
Archival Collection
Description
An unidentified man working with a special bus bar bending machine at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant.
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Photograph of bus bar shift schedule at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant, Henderson (Nev.), July 6, 1942
Date
1942-07-06
Archival Collection
Description
Schedule for the night and day bus bar shifts at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant.
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Photograph of bus bar shop at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant, Henderson (Nev.), July 8, 1942
Date
1942-07-08
Archival Collection
Description
Unidentified men working at the bus bar shop at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant. Bus bars are ready for assembly.
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Photograph of milling edge machine at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant, Henderson (Nev.), July 3, 1942
Date
1942-07-03
Archival Collection
Description
Milling edge machine on bus bars at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant.
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Photograph of the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant construction, Henderson (Nev.), June 4, 1942
Date
1942-06-04
Archival Collection
Description
Construction progress of thickener tanks in neutralizing plant, showing wall forms and reinforcing steel in place. McNeil Construction Co. Magnesium Plant. Las Vegas, Nevada. 6-4-42. 770. Basic Magnesium Inc. manufacturing plants were built in an unincorporated area southeast of Las Vegas. That area is now Henderson, Nevada.
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Photograph of bus bars at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant, Henderson (Nev.), July 6, 1942
Date
1942-07-06
Archival Collection
Description
Stacks of bus bars cut to length at the bus bar cutting and storage department at Basic Magnesium Inc. plant.
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Photograph of hydraulic bending machine at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant, Henderson (Nev.), May 7, 1942
Date
1942-05-07
Archival Collection
Description
Unidentified men working with "hydraulic bending machine for bending ? X 8" bar cold" at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant.
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