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c -srrri mmmmmwt?- NSHOiOCKEN % - is ' _' HE Lee Rubber & Tire Company, Tlocated in Conshohocken, Pennsvlvania. "'as founded in 1883 and started to make tires in 1908 when automobiles were still pretty much .fa novelty. Production figures from those early days show that the companv turned out about 400 tires a day. Lee has grown steadily through the vears and this figure now runs as high as 7000 a day. The Lee Tire sales go to replacement trade only, and the volume of truck tires made bv Lee is one of the highest in the industry. In addition to their Conshohocken plant Lee owns Republic Rubber in Youngstown, Ohio, which operates as a separate division manu facturing mechanical goods. About four years ago the company decided to make a study of its electric and steam loads and demands at Conshohocken. This showed that the installation of a 2000-kw turbinegenerator would pay for itself in four to five years. Therefore, an Elliott noncondensing unit, designed for 460-psig, 700-F inlet steam and a back pressure of 130 psig, was pur chased. This unit has Ijeen in oper ation for several years and has given excellent service with practically zero maintenance. Also in very satisfactory operation at the Conshohocken plant is an Elliott 200-hp, 450-rpm synchronous motor with a small m-g exciter set, driving an 84-in. Banbury mixer sheeting mill, which is very hard service for a motor. There are also a number of smaller Elliott C-\V Aerial view showing the manufacturing facilities aj the main plant of Le* Rubber ? Tire Company at Conshohocken. Pennsylvania. One of the larger motors in the plant is this Elliott HOO-hp syn chronous motor, seen in the pit at right, /hiving a Banbury mixer. IDWKKKAX. WINTKH 1951 PAGE 1