Incubators of Doom: 1942

Submitted by Dave on Sun, 12/16/2007 - 4:56am.

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February 1942. "A battery of 1,000- and 2,000-pound furnaces roaring threats to the Axis. These are rotary oil-fired melting furnaces at Aluminum Industries Inc. Destination of the finished aluminum products is kept secret." View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer, Office of War Information.

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Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 12/17/2007 - 11:32pm.

Ya wouldn't want anyone to know we used this stuff on airplanes.

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