A professional documentary film describing machining, inspection, assembly and testing of precision Ball-Race Turret Assemblies, produced in York for Sherman Tanks during WWII will be part of a presentation at York County History Center’s WWII Briefings.
What are gudgeons? Why were they important during World War II? They are one of the little know war materials made in York as part of the York Plan, and they are part of the Home Front story of Esther Smith.
York-Shipley supplied various types of ball race turret assemblies to tank manufacturers during WWII. These included 60-inch diameter ball race gun turret rings manufactured for the General Grant M-3 Army tank, and the 72-inch diameter ball race turret assembly for the General Sherman M-4 Army tank. They also manufactured roller race assemblies for 30 and 50 caliber gun mounts and turret rings for use on 40-mm Bofors guns.
York-Hession Model H-106 Fog Generating Machine was designed by John Hession, Jr. at Columbia University; with the concept refined for manufacturing by engineers at York-Shipley in York, Pennsylvania. Esther Smith shared memories about those machines as one of her jobs on the Home Front during World War II.
Did you know a York Trolley Car Barn was used as a York-Shipley war production factory? A history of the Car Barns, at the corner of Hartley Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, serves as background for that York-Shipley plant where my Mom worked on the home front during World War II.
Discover how the Grantley Plant began 100-years ago, via a short history of the eight buildings opening during the initial five years. They were the origins of a 57-building complex providing jobs for generations of York County residents. Going into its second Century, part of the Grantley Plant continues to produce cooling products used around the world.
The second in a series of Now & Then stories associated with the origins of the building housing new location of York County History Center at 121 North Pershing Avenue in York. This post focuses on the modern generator room of the Edison Plant, which was constructed in three stages between 1904 and 1914; and now houses History Center Library & Archives.
This is the first of a series of Now & Then stories associated with the origins of the building housing new location of York County History Center at 121 North Pershing Avenue in York. It began as an Edison Electric Generation Plant in 1885, one of the earliest in the nation. This post focuses on the smoke stacks.
In March 1999, York College announced the donation of the 23-acre former Teledyne-McKAY complex in Spring Garden Township. At the time, the property, extending westward from Grantley Road, worth $2.5 million, was the largest gift in York College’s history. That site was transformed into part of the West Campus of York College of Pennsylvania.
If you’ve worked in factories making everything from wooden cabinets to air conditioning compressors you likely used production machinery manufactured by B.M. Root Company. It was the first company of its kind in York, Pennsylvania, to manufacture woodworking machinery. However via a World War II need for specialty metalworking machinery, Root developed those machines, which populated factory floors across the nation.