Westinghouse plant in Emeryville, CA starts production

[Newspaper]

Publication: The Oakland Tribune

Oakland, CA, United States
vol. C, no. 83, p. 96, col. 1-4

How the Westinghouse Electric Makes Insulators in Its Eastbay Plant.

 

Above (left): The "trimming row", in the Emeryville, plant, showing girl workers putting final touches on the insulators before glazing. (Right), cementing the metal parts on the insulators. Center (oval), shaping the plaster of Paris mold. Below (left). showing hot press and "pug mill." This hot press is the largest of its kind in existence. and is an exclusive Westinghouse insulator manufacturing feature. Below (center), Million volt dart, 32 feet long, from transformer, used in testing insulators. Below (right), packing the first shipment of finished insulators, and glazing the interior of the insulator.

 

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Keywords:Westinghouse
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Researcher:Elton Gish
Date completed:July 4, 2006 by: Elton Gish;