Operating a tire-building machine

Title

Operating a tire-building machine

Subject

Tire industry--Massachusetts--Chicopee

Description

A worker operates a machine which winds cord around the rim of a metal core. For cord tires, the circumference of the core was smaller than the inside of the tire because these tires expanded when they were put into the vulcanizing machines.

Date

[ca. 1920]

Contributor

Edward Bellamy Memorial Association

Is Part Of

The Fisk Tire Company collection at the Edward Bellamy Memorial Association, Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Language

English

Coverage

Massachusetts--Hampden (county)--Chicopee

Identifier

FTC07

Original Format

Photographs

Files

FTC07.jpg

Citation

“Operating a tire-building machine,” Chicopee Archives Online, accessed April 24, 2024, https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/4075.