Stretches Aluminum-This giant machine, in the Reynolds Metals plant at McCook, Ill., can literally stretch aluminum plate up to six inches thick, 90 feet long and 12 feet wide. It has the power of 230 diesel switching engines.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Stretches Aluminum-This giant machine, in the Reynolds Metals plant at McCook, Ill., can literally stretch aluminum plate up to six inches thick, 90 feet long and 12 feet wide. It has the power of 230 diesel switching engines.

[ca. May 1957]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Machinery ... Large + Small

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