Production. Shell loading. Weighing the propelling charges of smokeless powder before they are poured into shells at a large Midwest loading plant. This precise work is done mostly by women. Mechanical devices produced in the fuse division enable soldiers in the field to delay or accelerate the explosion of a projectile. Ravenna ordnance plant [graphic].

Production. Shell loading. Weighing the propelling charges of smokeless powder before they are poured into shells at a large Midwest loading plant. This precise work is done mostly by women. Mechanical devices produced in the fuse division enable soldiers in the field to delay or accelerate the explosion of a projectile. Ravenna ordnance plant [graphic]. United States. Office of War Information. still image Nitrate negatives. gmgpc 1943 Mar. eng Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: U.S. Army Signal Corps. Title and other information from caption card. United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at United States Portage County Ravenna. Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b08262