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Another Grove City First This is a true story that will never reach the history books but it is very interesting to know. It is about the welding industry and how it became a viable part of the advancement of the industrial growth of the world. Before 1928 our welding was little more than a joke. The welding was done with bare electrodes. The welding was done by trying to establish an arc between the piece to be welded and these bare electrodes. But it was not a very successful procedure. The welding was little more than hot bits of molten metal that did adhere to the base metal and each other. The welds could not be trusted for strength or any attempt to seal a seam for a pressure vessel. The procedure was crude but it was the only method to construct a device that could not be cast by foundry methods or riveting. In Grove City, Pa, in 1928, there was a manufacturing establishment called the Cooper Bessemer. At this establishment they made large stationary engines, and in one section of the plant they welded, primarily acetylene and oxygen. The department was operated on a one-shift schedule, which was 8:00 to 12:00 and 1:00 to 5:00. It was an eight-hour day with one hour of lunch. During this one hour of lunch, the men did different activities such as, pitch horseshoes, play cards, sleep, and some of them even maintained flower gardens in front of the welding department.
Approximate Word count = 875
Approximate Pages = 3.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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