150 ton Stretching Machine, view taken at Foster Yates & Thomas, Blackburn, O/No. 9846, c.1942

Order 9846 for Northern Aluminium Co Ltd., Rogerstone, c.1942

D7338/14/5/3/3781
Gloucestershire Archives
D7338/14/10/3782
Gloucestershire Archives

Max. stroke 3′ – 0″.  Max. distance between gripping heads 40′ – 0″. Max. working pressure 3500 psi.

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