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February, 1954
Production of natural rubber on the Firestone Plantations in Liberia was 72,131,648
POUNDS, A LARGE PART OF WHICH WAS IN THE FORM OF LATEX. AbOVE IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF A
RUBBER PROCESSING PLANT AT THE PLANTATIONS.
There is growing confidence in the
FUTURE OF NATURAL RUBBER, AS EVIDENCED BY
LARGE-SCALE REPLANTING PROGRAMS IN THE
Far East. Here the gathering of rubber
ON A plantation IS ILLUSTRATED BY A TREE
ON THE Firestone Plantations.
Firestone truck and implement tires were
USED as special PIPE LAUNCHING DEVICES TO
COMPLETE THE LAYING OF TWO FOUR-MILE
SECTIONS OF A 20-INCH PIPE ALONG THE BOT
TOM OF Mackinac Straits in Northern
Michigan.
A LAW PROVIDING FOR THE SALE OF GoVERNMENT-OWNED SYN
THETIC RUBBER-PRODUCING FACILITIES TO PRIVATE INDUSTRY WAS
PASSED LAST YEAR. AbOVE AN OPERATOR IN ONE OF THE SYN
THETIC RUBBER PLANTS OPERATED BY FiRESTONE IS REMOVING A
QUANTITY OF RUBBER FROM A DRIER SHELF FOR EXAMINATION.
TuBELESS tires for ALL TYPES OF MOTOR VEHICLES NOW ARE
BEING PRODUCED OR SERVICE-TESTED BY THE COMPANY. THE
PICTURE ABOVE ILLUSTRATES THE WIDE RANGE OF FiRESTONE
TUBELESS TIRES.
m-^m
All of the tires for the Garrison Dam project were sup
plied BY Firestone. Earth moving equipment such as that
SHOWN above excavated MORE THAN 86 MILLION CUBIC YARDS
OF DIRT.
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The LARGEST PROGRAM OF MODERNIZATION AND EXPANSION EVER UNDERTAKEN BY THE COMPANY WAS CARRIED OUT DURING 1953. At LEFT ABOVE IS A SCENE AS
CONSTRUCTION GOT UNDER WAY FOR ADDITIONAL MANUFACTURING SPACE AT THE DeS MoINES, IoWA, PLANT. At RIGHT—NeW AUTOCLAVES AT THE EXPANDED RESH^
PLANT AT POTTSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.