Buffalo, New York. Symongton-Gould, makers of tank, ship and railroad parts. Woman operating a charging machine. She works the machine by hand controls behind a partition, and has just dipped red hot metal into water, causing steam

Buffalo, New York. Symington-Gould, makers of tank, ship, and railroad parts. Sand slinger operated by a woman. Sand is forced onto pattern with air pressure. The operator wears safety goggles and a dust-proof noseguard to protect herself from ricocheting sand and must rest every twenty minutes or s

Buffalo, New York. Symington-Gould, makers of tank, ship and railroad parts. Woman operator of a five ton crane picking up rough castings of truck train for railroads. She operated this same crane in the last war; in between was a housewife

Buffalo, New York. Symington-Gould, makers of tank, ship and railroad parts. Sand slinger operated by a woman. Sand is forced onto pattern with air pressure. The operator wears safety goggles and a dust-proof noseguard to protect herself from ricocheting sand and must rest every twenty minutes or so

Buffalo, New York. Symongton-Gould, makers of tank, ship and railroad parts. This woman is a skin dryer. After head has been put on mold, it is covered with a delta wash which makes a hard finish. Skin dryers dry off this surface with the flame of an oil torch

Buffalo, New York. Symington-Gould, sand slinger operator at rest. Notice sand on her face

Buffalo, New York. In the finishing department of Republic Steel. Gladys Chase (left), former beautician, using an acetylene torch to burn defects from a twenty-foot steel billet which will later be shaped into a machine gun barrel. It takes six months to learn this process, which is called scarfing

Buffalo, New York. Symington-Gould, makers of tank, ship, and railroad parts. Women sweepers in front of ladle into which metal from open-hearth furnace is poured, and which is then transported by crane to molds. Most new women employees are given clear-up jobs to start with in order to accustom the

Buffalo, NY. Symington-Gould, maker of ship, tank, and railroad parts. Operator of a 5 ton crane in the Finishing Department who operated a crane in the same plant in the last war.