Iron Giant: One of America’s great machines comes back to life - An article in the March 2012 Issue of the Atlantic
Really interesting article by Tim Heffernan about a pretty amazing piece of technology generated by the United States Heavy Press Program between 1950 and 1957.From the article: "The Fifty began its work in 1955, but its history goes back to 1919, when the Treaty of Versailles required Germany to relinquish some of its principal iron-producing regions but allowed it to keep its abundant magnesium reserves. Strong and lightweight, the metal also had one crucial drawback: it could not be worked…See More
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