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Photograph of bus bar bending at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant, Henderson (Nev.), July 4, 1942

Date

1942-07-04

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

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

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

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

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

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

Description

Unidentified men working with "hydraulic bending machine for bending ? X 8" bar cold" at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant.

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Photograph of men stacking bus bars at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant, Henderson (Nev.), May 7, 1942

Date

1942-05-07

Description

Unidentified men stacking bus bars that are ready for fill at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant.

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Photograph of Basic Magnesium Inc. plant construction, Henderson (Nev.), April 20, 1942

Date

1942-04-20

Description

Men working at the beginning of the construction of the first building for the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant.

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Photograph of the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant construction, Henderson (Nev.), June 24, 1942

Date

1942-06-24

Description

Ventilation duct in the chloration building. An unidentified man is working on the ground.

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