Workmen (c. 1950s)
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A variety of machinery enabled the company to keep up with the new advances in tire technology, such as the production of the tubeless “Dual 90” tire. The captions on this photograph reads: “Workmen in General Tire & Rubber Company’s Waco plant watching machine that coats fabric for tires with rubber. Called a 3-roll calendar.”
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General Tire & Rubber Company
General Tire & Rubber Company came to Waco in late 1944, the company’s second plant after its Akron, Ohio, headquarters. The company originally constructed the plant in order to supply equipment for the US Armed Forces during World War II. By…