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Dec. 17, 1943. "Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc., Nutley, New Jersey. Building 28. Pfaudler Co., client." Large-format negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.
Those larger items around the rim - I rather imagine they are hand-tightened bolts so the cover can be removed without tools. Might I be correct there?
I grew up in smelling range of Hoffman LaRoche, Nutley when they used to make B vitamins there. Now I live about 2 minutes from the place. They closed down the Nutley facility about three years ago. I drive by there a few times a week and one by one the buildings are being knocked down. Lots of jobs lost, probably a good chunk of tax revenue for Nutley too. The property borders rt3 east in Clifton which is seeing a renaissance of sort as a shopping area haven. Presumably that is the fate of the Hoffman LaRoche campus. In it's day it was a city unto itself.
The timber platforms are pretty interesting. I'm not sure when the FDA nixed that but it was only stainless steel framing and grating in the mid-'80s when I worked as a cosmetic chemist.
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