Tires ready for the vulcanizers in the vulcanizing room

Title

Tires ready for the vulcanizers in the vulcanizing room

Subject

Tire industry--Massachusetts--Chicopee

Description

Cord tires awaiting vulcanization are dangling from metal hooks attached to pulleys. These pulleys ran on an overhead circular track. Because of this round shape, workers at the Fisk Tire Company referred to this section of the vulcanizing room as the "merry-go-round".

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

FTC09

Original Format

Photographs

Files

FTC09.jpg

Citation

“Tires ready for the vulcanizers in the vulcanizing room,” Chicopee Archives Online, accessed March 19, 2024, https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/4077.