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Griffin Back In Operation Dec. 2
Tricky Moving . . . of the new cupola at Griffin Pipe Products plant is guided by workmen.
Griffin Blast Injures 13; $1 Million Damage Seen
Walking Through Explosion Area . . . at Griffin plant is a city fireman. The cupola which blew up is to the right and rear of the fireman. In the foreground are cement slabs, glass, and pieces of iron which showered from the roof of the casting and…
13 Explosion Victims Feel Lucky To Be Alive
A Miracle At The Griffin Plant . . . is discussed by Henry Woodford, Fred Witt and Don Friedrichsen, as the wait for treatment at Mercy Hospital.
13 Explosion Victims Feel Lucky To Be Alive
Ripped Away . . . from the east side of the Griffin Pipe Products plant were corrugated siding, roofing and glass. The explosion knocked out windows up to 400 feet away and most of the glass over the smelting and casting departments.
Griffin Pipe Products Co.
File #1 - 1939-1964
Awaiting Treatment . . . at Mercy Hospital after the blast at Griffin Pipe Products Co., are Virgil Liddell of Oakland and Merle Frazier of Omaha. Both suffered head injuries.
Griffin Pipe Products Co.
File #1 - 1939-1964
"Dismissed Until Further Notice" . . . these Griffin Pipe Products Co. employees leave the plant with their unopened lunches and a change of clothing. From left are Jesse Sobbing of Emerson, August Pontow of Hastings, John W. Collins Jr. of Persia…
Griffin Pipe Products Co.
File #1 - 1939-1964
Griffin Explosion: A workman inspects the cupola smelting furnace area, left, which was the center of the explosion at the Griffin Pipe Products Co., 2601 Ninth Ave., at 7:30 a.m. Monday. the mishap occurred when molten iron from the furnace…
American Steel Directors Are Pleased With Griffin Pipe Plant - First Visit To Council Bluffs
From Control Room . . . Griffin Pipe plant operations manager O.L. Dean, right, explains casting operations to American Steel Foundries President J.B. Lanterman, left; C.E. Grigsby, ASF vice president, and Frank W. Jenks, ASF board member and…
First Pipe Goes To Water Works
Signing Receipt . . . for shipment of pipe is Martin W. Flynn, right. Others are M.E. (Barney) Rew, left, and Lee Samuelson of 208 Bennet Ave., foreman at the Griffin Pipe plant.
New Griffin Pipe Plant Here In Full Production - After Year Of Remodeling
Red-Hot 20-Foot Length . . . of pipe is pulled from one of the three centrifugal casting machines. By pressing three buttons on an electronic control panel, a workman can turn out the pipe, extract it from the casting machine and send it to the…
Good 'Old" Building Brought Bluffs Newest Major Industry - Top Griffin Officials Visit Here
Progress Toward Target Date . . . is reported by Sam C. Prest, Ross Drever, Goff Smith, Robert W. Turner and Orris Dean.
Biggest Furnace In Town Being Built - At Griffin Pipe Plant . . .
Inside The Furnace . . . Charles Sullivan of Omaha works on the 18-inch brick lining which will protect the shell from the 1,800-degree operating temperatures.
Biggest Furnace In Town Being Built - At Griffin Pipe Plant . . .
Giant Outer Shell . . . of the annealing furnace is in place at the Griffin Pipe Division plant. Workmen with transits, in foreground, are checking levels for installing foundations for other equipment.
Large New Industry To Open In Council Bluffs - With Annual Payroll Of $350,000
Cheered By Prospects . . . for industrial expansion here are: Orris Dean, T. Joe Smith and Sam C. Prest. Council Bluffs was picked out of an area from Tacoma, Wash., to the Mississippi River.
Casting Freight Car Wheels Is A 'Hot Job' - It's Made In Council Bluffs . . .
Mounting An Iron Wheel . . . on an axle is the precision task of Clon Fitz and Patrick Wolff. Most wheels are sold unmounted.
Casting Freight Car Wheels Is A 'Hot Job' - It's Made In Council Bluffs . . .
One Hot Job . . . is Levertis Kelleybrew's. He removes the clamps from molds at Griffin Wheel Company, as they pass him on a carrier belt.
Local Plant Turns Out 45,000 Wheels During Year - One Bit Of Rail Equipment Changed
View in the stock room. Finished wheels ready for shipment. Each wheel possesses the requisite properties for the particularly severe job it must do.
Local Plant Turns Out 45,000 Car Wheels During Year - One Bit Of Rail Equipment Changed
A wheel after being stripped from the mold and just before being placed in the annealing pits.
Local Plant Turns Out 45,000 Car Wheels During Year - One Bit Of Rail Equipment Changed
Finishing the cope side of the mold. Shown in the foreground are some of the finished molds.
Local Plant Turns Out 45,000 Car Wheels During Year - One Bit Of Rail Equipment Changed
Pouring of molten metal from a large ladle into small ladle prior to pouring into molds.