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Built in 1930 during the Great Depression, the assembly plant measures nearly 500,000 square feet (46,450 m 2). The factory was a major stimulant to the local and regional economy and was an important development in Richmond's inner harbor and port plan. [2] Ford became Richmond's third largest employer, behind Standard Oil and the Santa Fe ...
Propane burner with a Bunsen flame Oxy-Acetylene for cutting through steel rails Flame of a gas and oil, in a dual burner. A gas burner is a device that produces a non-controlled flame by mixing a fuel gas such as acetylene, natural gas, or propane with an oxidizer such as the ambient air or supplied oxygen, and allowing for ignition and ...
The Hydra-Matic 6T40 and similar 6T30, 6T45, and 6T50 are transversely-mounted six speed automatic transmissions produced by General Motors.The 6T40, referred to in GM inner circles as the GF6, made its debut in the 2008 Chevrolet Malibu, available with the 2.4 L LE5 Ecotec engine making 164 horsepower (122 kW), and has since also been made available on the Chevrolet Cruze, Daewoo Tosca and ...
The 6L 50 (and similar 6L 45) is a 6-speed longitudinally-mounted automatic transmission produced by General Motors.It is very similar in design to the larger GM 6L 80 and 6L 90, and is produced at GM Powertrain plants in Toledo, Ohio; Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico; and by the independent Punch Powerglide company in Strasbourg, France.
An oil burner is a part attached to an oil furnace, water heater, or boiler. [1] It provides the ignition of heating oil/biodiesel fuel used to heat either air or water via a heat exchanger . The fuel is atomized into a fine spray usually by forcing it under pressure through a nozzle which gives the resulting flame a specific flow rate, angle ...
Chesterfield County approved the planned community of Brandermill in 1974 and construction began in 1975. [3] In 1977, Brandermill developers East West Partners (then known as "The Brandermill group") [4] were recognized for their work when Brandermill was named "The Best Planned Community in America" by Better Homes and Gardens and the National Association of Home Builders. [5]
On the afternoon of April 11, 2023, a large-scale industrial fire impacted a recycling processing facility and its surrounding area in Richmond, Indiana, United States.. The facility, a former industrial plant, had already been designated as a fire hazard after inflammable materials were located near the property line of the building; an excessive amount of plastic was stored at the facility as w
Assembly of the core of Experimental Breeder Reactor I in Idaho, United States, 1951 A breeder reactor is a nuclear reactor that generates more fissile material than it consumes. [ 1 ] These reactors can be fueled with more-commonly available isotopes of uranium and thorium , such as uranium-238 and thorium-232 , as opposed to the rare uranium ...