Placing the unvulcanized tire in the mold

Title

Placing the unvulcanized tire in the mold

Subject

Tire industry--Massachusetts--Chicopee

Description

A group of workers standing on each side of a conveyer lower the top half of a mold over an unfinished tire which has been placed by other workers into a bottom mold. Molds which were made of metal resembled halves of a giant hollowed out donut.

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

FTC12

Original Format

Photographs

Files

FTC12.jpg

Citation

“Placing the unvulcanized tire in the mold,” Chicopee Archives Online, accessed March 18, 2024, https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/4080.