Collection Name	Kay J. Kennedy Aviation Photograph Collection
Identifier	UAF-1991-98-812
Title	Powerful cargo hoist.
Description	Title from verso . "Edmonton, Alberta - The powerful cargo hoist is shown here lifting a 2,300- pound aircraft engine up to the door of a C-46 (Curtiss Commando). The frame on which the engine is lashed will be deposited inside the transport, and then the engine will be securely fastened to the floor. The frame will then be removed. (Official USAAF Photo). Declassified 10/31/44." The logo at right reads: "The Air Transport [Command]. U.S. Army Air Forces".
Subject.TGM	Transport planes Airplanes Hoisting machinery Military facilities Air bases Equipment & supplies Cargo holds Logos Military personnel Airplane engines
Subject.LCSH	Forklift trucks
Corporate Name	United States. Army Air Forces United States. Army Air Forces. Air Transport Command
Location	Edmonton (Alta.)
Region	Outside
Time Period	1939 to 1959
Date	1942 - 1944
Type	Image (Photographs)
Ordering & Use	For information on ordering and using this material: http://library.uaf.edu/order-photos
Holding Institution	Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.; mailto:UAF-APR-reference-Service@alaska.edu --(907) 474-2791--PO Box 756808, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6808.
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Powerful cargo hoist.

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