Rocket fuel tank being welded for Rocketdyne in Canoga Park, April 3, 1958

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Title	Rocket fuel tank being welded for Rocketdyne in Canoga Park, April 3, 1958
Description	Photograph of a rocket fuel tank being welded for Rocketdyne in Canoga Park, April 3, 1958. The massive steel tank is at center and is being welded by a man on a stepladder at left. The man is wearing overalls and a facemask. The tank is housed in a large hangar, and the steel roof supports can be seen overhead.; A "Battleship" tank for use as a reservoir for fuel in rocket engine systems is pictured getting its final welding. The tank is 45 feet long, has a diameter of almost eight feet, and a capacity of 9,300 gallons. Empty, the tank weighs 31,000 pounds, and is made entirely of types 321 and 347 stainless steel supplied by Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA. The tank was made for Rocketdyne, a division of North American Aviation, Inc, Canoga Park, California, by Standard Steel Corporation of Los Angeles. When in use the tank will feed fuels to Rocket Engine Systems in development tests.
Subject	Rocketdyne
Subject (adlf)	industrial sites
Subject (file heading)	Industry -- Aerospace
Subject (lcsh)	Rockets (Aeronautics) -- Fuel tanks
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Canoga Park; Los Angeles
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1958-04-03
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1958-04-03
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm., 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Accession number	33311
Call number	CHS-33311
Microfiche number	84-1-1311
Legacy record ID	chs-m8487; USC-2-1-1-8622
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-33311
Full text	I
Archival file	chs_Volume64/CHS-33311.tiff

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