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| Beginning of story. |
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| End of Liberty story. |
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| Beginning of forge story. |
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| End of the story about the forging. |
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| The die makers who made the first die for the Liberty crankshaft. This is only one half. |
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| The men who forged the first Liberty crankshaft. I have a film showing this work at Buick which is very interesting. It was no easy task. |
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| Forging a Liberty crankshaft. |
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| Hammer Men inside the forge shop #03. Hammer men could make the highest wages in Flint in 1916. The following link will break down the wages. Page 553 right hand column Pay scale. |
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| A close up of the steel yard showing factory #03 forge plant in the distance. This view facing south. |
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| This shows testing at Buick which used alcohol and water that recommended flushing 3 times a year. The anti freeze of the day. |
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| Tires were not very good compared to today. This is all from my own collection. |
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