NOT SO OFF TOPIC , Gene!!!
United Shoe Machinery Co. had follow on contracts at the Lowell, MA.
Ordinance Plant (War Dept. built and then operated by Remington) in '43/44
to make stamped out 105mm casings and was also involved in 20 and 40mm
casings "...and other stamped metal parts and fabricated assemblies". This
info was discovered in a site assessment put together 6 years ago or so to
determine who caused groundwater pollution and who was responsible for the
clean up (USA Corp of Engineers was trying to buy out their share for
around $10 Million , last I heard) . A building on the old site was referred
to as the "United Shoe Building" which originally had 4 six foot diameter
storm drains leading from it 1000 ft into underground target bucks that were
filled with expended 20mm proximity fused aircraft cannon shells and some
funny looking .50 cal bullets.
So it is possible that both CONICO and United Shoe Machinery Co. (USMC)
made stamped parts (with their initials on the parts) that were assembled by
a third party into completed "Cans" .
Ron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eugene PANTANO" <truks@cs.quik.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] jerry cans
> Also..even though a bit off topic...there are bolts that are very plainly
> marked USMC on the 1917 Enfield 30.06 rifles...It stands for some "SHOE"
> machinery outfit that made machinery for making shoes...Absolutely
nothing
> to do with the USMC !! Gene
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