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A Retread is To remove the outside, or tread, of a tire and add a new tread. Retreaded tires work just as
well as new ones and require less energy and money to make.Flickr PhotosThese pictures about "Retread" have been delivered by flickr on a random basis. We have no influence on it.
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Retiring a locomotive driver wheel in the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railway locomotive shops, Shopton, near Fort Madison, Iowa. The tire is heated by means of gas until it can be slipped over the wheel. Contraction on cooling will hold it firmly in pby The Library of CongressDelano, Jack,, photographer.
Retiring a locomotive driver wheel in the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railway locomotive shops, Shopton, near Fort Madison, Iowa. The tire is heated by means of gas until it can be slipped over the wheel. Contraction on cooling will hold it firmly in place. Santa Fe R.R.
1943 March
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
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