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New dryer being put in place at Belden. Drying fins are seen in the inside of the dryer.
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Moving the zinc dryer from a railroad car into the dryer building at Belden. A wall section approximately 60 feet long has been removed in the dryer building to move this equipment
into the facility.
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Part of the zinc dryer system at the mill in Gilman. The dryer was heated by a firebox under the rotating cylinder. Tumbling action of the dryer coupled with full length fins dried the zinc for loading into rail cars.
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Moving a dryer section into place by blocking and chaining. Small sections pf pipe were also used to move the dryer.
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Section of the zinc dryer being fitted into place at Belden. Chains and blocks are used to move the equipment into the building.
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Joel Fitzgerald, shop foreman, boring a bearing for an electric motor which operates Marcy Mill in the Milling Department.
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Emmet Flaherty preparing to pre-heat two blank pieces of hollow drill steel. In the background is an automatic oil-fired forge which will bring these blanks to an exact temperature for forging. From the hollow drill blanks, finished pieces of lugged steel are formed for use in rock drills.
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Drills and lathes in the repair area. Welders and machinists were employed by New Jersey Zinc to maintain and recycle equipment. During the 1950s, there were three shifts working each day to maintain production levels.
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Conveyor unloading zinc from the dryer at Belden. The zinc was then taken to the loading tippel to be loaded on railcars. Durbin McIlnay is monitoring the process.