Cutting tire cord on a table

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Title

Cutting tire cord on a table

Subject

Tire industry – Massachusetts – Chicopee; Rubber industry and trade – Massachusetts – Chicopee; Fisk Tire Company; Chicopee (Mass.) – Industries; Tires

Description

A worker is cutting a length of cord at an angle or on the bias. Tire cord had to be cut at a 45 degree angle because the fabric threads were woven at this angle. This angle weave of the cord proved to be more durable than a square weave.

Publisher

Date

ca. 1920

Relation

Is part of the Fisk Tire Company collection at the Edward Bellamy Memorial Association, Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Format

image/jpg

Language

en-US

Type

image

Files

Collection

Citation

“Cutting tire cord on a table,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed June 19, 2013, http://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/244.

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