Millville, New Jersey - Glass bottles. Stopper-grinder at T. C. Wheaton Co; Scope and content: Millville, New Jersey - Glass bottles. Stopper-grinder at T. C. Wheaton Co. This man 83 years old has been working for this factory at this job since he was 15. He is smoothing and shaping stoppers to fit the bottles at the lower right hand corner of the picture. With a solution of pumice and water he wets down the emery wheel exactly the shape of the neck of the bottle. He whirls the emery wheel by pressing a foot treadle. By pressing the stopper of the bottle against this emery wheel he is able to
Millville, New Jersey - Glass bottles. Stopper-grinder at T. C. Wheaton Co; Scope and content: Millville, New Jersey - Glass bottles. Stopper-grinder at T. C. Wheaton Co. This man 83 years old has been working for this factory at this job since he was 15. He is smoothing and shaping stoppers to fit the bottles at the lower right hand corner of the picture. With a solution of pumice and water he wets down the emery wheel exactly the shape of the neck of the bottle. He whirls the emery wheel by pressing a foot treadle. By pressing the stopper of the bottle against this emery wheel he is able to shape it to the required form. He is able also to re-shape the neck of the bottle so that stopper and bottle fit together exactly.
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