Industrial gear filers. Women workers with industrial-sized gears and a reduction gear erecting shop. Women were increasingly employed in factories du

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Industrial gear filers. Women workers with industrial-sized gears and a reduction gear erecting shop. Women were increasingly employed in factories during and after the First World War. This photograph is part of a collection from the Westinghouse Electric Corporation. This US company (founded 1886) manufactured electricity turbines, generators, and other industrial machines. Photographed in 1919.

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Size: 2556px × 3509px
Photo credit: © HAGLEY MUSEUM AND ARCHIVE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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