'Chaffee Machine' illustration   Save
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Description: This illustration shows two men working at a "Chaffee Machine" used to process rubber. A caption beneath the illustration reads: "Calendars heated internally by Steam, for spreading India Rubber into Sheets or upon Cloth, called the 'Chaffee Machine'." Large gears and cogs are attached to various wheels and pulleys to turn three large rolls of rubber material. The illustration is from "Trials of an Inventor, Life and Discoveries of Charles Goodyear," by Rev. Bradford K. Peirce, published in 1866. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04285
Subjects: Rubber industry and trade--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Labor; Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company; Rubber industry workers--Ohio; Rubber industry and trade--Ohio
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