Working with a swing grinder in Building 2.

ID: 1449 ~ Source: Minnesota Historical Society

This file appears in: Machines, Tools, & Engineering: ENGINEERING: GROWING FACILITIES & EXPANDING MANUFACTURING

This file appears in: Machines, Tools, & Engineering: ENGINEERING: GROWING FACILITIES & EXPANDING MANUFACTURING

Machines, Tools, & Engineering: ENGINEERING: GROWING FACILITIES & EXPANDING MANUFACTURING

By Marjorie Pearson, Summit Envirosolutions, Inc.

Machines and Tools: An Important Part of the Production Process In 1928, 3M established its first machine shop in the basement of Building 2. The three machinists and eleven millwrights repaired…