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D24780-2
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- 1946-12-03 (Creation)
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Garden tractors roll off the assembly line at Marine Iron Works, Inc. The tractors have been trademarked "Mighty Man" and designed especially for small farms. Now in their second week of production, Marine Iron Works is turning out 10 units a day, but they expect to hit 56 per day. When Tacoma's Marine Iron Works sought a peace-time production to fill its 20,000 square foot plant at the end of World War II, they found a market for 3 h.p. tractors. "Mighty Man" was designed by B.A. Winter and can be converted from a 2-wheel walk-behind tiller to a 4-wheel riding tractor in less than 10 minutes. Marine Iron Works is headed by M.A. Petrich. The employee at the far left has been identified as Harold William Cullen. He worked on the "Mighty Man" tractors in 1946 after working for the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard from 1943-46. (T.Times, 11/6/1946, p.7) TPL-9135 (Additional identification provided by a reader)
Marine Iron Works, Inc. (Tacoma); Iron industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Iron & steel workers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tractors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Assembly-line methods--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cullen, Harold William;