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199 Alvin pressure hall (hull) being machined at Lukens Steel, Houston, Texas

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Identifier: 30120005871
Scope and Contents Alvin Pressure hull being machined at Lukens Steel, Houston, Texas. The runtime for this video is 22m 55. Black and white. 0:01 metal plate being removed from heat, put in press, and turned to shape. 4:15 close up of machine pressing sphere in to shape. 5:00 bent plate removed from press. 6:15 people measuring/testing surface of sphere. 8:20 close up of instrumentation. 8:55 cutting torch used on plates. 12:20 person working controls. 12:50 plates loaded onto press for shaping. 16:20 sphere...
Dates: 1964-1975