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36 photos and 5 illustrations tagged heat, from 12 members of Flickr Commons.

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• industry
• publicdomain
• man
• usa
• vintage
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• largeformat
• 1940s
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• flame
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• nationallibraryofmedicine
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• industrial
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• Navy Medicine 3 photos & illustrations
• North East Museums 3 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Scotland 3 photos & illustrations
• U.S. National Archives 2 photos & illustrations
• Gallen-Kallelan Museo 2 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Ireland on The Commons 1 photo / illustration
• SMU Libraries Digital Collections 1 photo / illustration
• Deseronto Archives 1 photo / illustration
• British Library 1 photo / illustration

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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 (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• jdavis417 said:

  Title: They Tested Our Mettle

• bbgun06 said:

  I like the caption on this one. A little patriotism added by the photographer...

Electric phosphate smelting furnace used to make elemental phosphorus in a TVA chemical plant in the vicinity of Muscle Shoals, Alabama (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 6 older comments, and then…
• Arni Kristjansson said:

  Almost looks painted. Very impressive shot.

• MichelleNMoon said:

  Looks so much like progressivist poster art of the same period, worker-as-superhero. Just beautiful.

• Rob Scumaci said:

  Beautiful shot. -- Seen on your photo stream. (?)

• strong hook said:

  The glow from the furnace and the judicious use of flash work together beautifully...

• Philip Herndon said:

  Very nice!

Coke being pushed into a quenching car, Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation, Detroit, Mich. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Vega Chastain said:

  It's like Terminator 2...

• juliaklarman said:

  Wow the colors are so rich.

• John M said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Forno: ovens, kilns, furnaces & heaters, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

• last page said:

  Rare Photo. Hot fire and the Color is so nice. Probably not done this way anymore.