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[Man operating machine which automatically hones the bores of Chevrolet V-8 engines in the Chevrolet engine plant at Flint, Michigan] – Historic Reproduction

[Man operating machine which automatically hones the bores of Chevrolet V-8 engines in the Chevrolet engine plant at Flint, Michigan], 1956 — historic photograph
[Man operating machine which automatically hones the bores of Chevrolet V-8 engines in the Chevrolet engine plant at Flint, Michigan], 1956. Historic photograph from the Automobiles collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A worker stands at an automatic honing machine that finishes the cylinder bores of Chevrolet V-8 engines at the company's engine plant in Flint, Michigan. Honing leaves the bore walls with a fine crosshatch that holds oil and helps piston rings seal, so precision at this stage affected engine life. Chevrolet had introduced its new small-block V-8 in 1955, and in the mid-1950s automakers were expanding automated machining lines to meet demand. Flint, a major automobile manufacturing city, shows how factory work was organized in the postwar years.

Created / published1956
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Mich.--F-; Machinery; Industry--Autos; Geogr.; Auto--Industry; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,435 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-143019

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