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Nylon drawing machine and creel at Seaford plant

  • 1946-Feb
  • 1946-Mar-31

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Three views of a nylon drawing machine and creel (a rack holding bobbins or spools for spinning) used at the DuPont plant in Seaford, Delaware during the early stages of nylon production and research.

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“Nylon Drawing Machine and Creel at Seaford Plant,” 1946. Joseph X. Labovsky Collection of Nylon Photographs and Ephemera, Box 2. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/gq67jr21k.

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