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Concept drawing of Rockford Screw Products Plant #2 (612 Harrison Avenue).

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Rockford International Division of Rockford Screw Products at 612 Harrison Avenue. This was also known as Plant #2.

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Concept drawing of Rockford Screw Products of Plant #1 (2501 9th Street).

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Rockford Screw Products Plant #1 at 2501 9th street.

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The main entrance of Rockford Screw Products at 707 Harrison Avenue.

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Rockford Screw Products lunch at the Pump Handle Restaurant. Rockford Screw Products President Swan Hillman is the third man from the left.

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Original Rockford Screw Products building at 8th Street and Railroad Avenue.

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Rockford Screw Products sales NAPA display rack of fasteners in boxes. NAPA stands for National Automotive Parts Association.

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Rockford Screw Products sales display rack of fasteners in plastic boxes. The rack has the NAPA logo-- National Automotive Parts Association.

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Rockford Products Executives. Left to right are Ed Stonefield, Vice President, Jerry Broski, Vice President of Finance, and Ward Lidbetter, President.

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Rockford Screw Products Executives sit at a conference table. Left to right are Richard Norberg, General Sales manager, Howard Landstrom, Assistant Secretary and Office Manager, Edward Stonefield, Administrative Vice President, Gerald Broski,…

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Rockford Screw Products Plant #1 (2501 9th Street) with five delivery trucks parked in front.

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Five men in front of the Screw Bird Airplane of Rockford Screw Products.

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Rockford Screw Products plastic box of cap screws.

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Rockford Screw Products corporate airplane, the "Screw Bird" sits on the tarmac with two men shaking hands in front of it. Company President Swan Hillman sits in a Ford Thunder Bird in front of the plane.

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Rockford Products' Plant #3 Tool Room and High speed insert department.

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Al Higgans holds a recognition plaque from United Way at Rockford Products Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue).

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Rockford Products manufactured studs in a variety of shapes and sizes.

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Rockford Products parts manufactured with a variety of shaped holes and different diameter holes.

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Rockford Products sample products. The company was able to manufacture special order parts such as square bolts, flattened parts, ball studs on square shanks, and a variety of patterns of drilled holes.

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Different types of SEMs parts manufactured by Rockford Products. SEM fasteners have a washer pre assembled with them to save assembly time..

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Rockford Products manufactured screws.

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Rockford Products sample parts that demonstrate different types of knurling. Knurling provides a rough gripping surface by creating a pattern of straight, angled or crossed lines that are rolled into the material using a lathe.

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Rockford Products sample parts with a variety of shank and head diameters.

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Rockford Products manufactured fasteners with special shaped heads.

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Rockford Products manufactured pins and clips. Some are for cabinet locking mechanisms. The smaller pins in front are for holding down the tops for convertibles.

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Samples of Rockford Products parts. In the foreground is a turbo charger shaft. Back second from the right is a Ford fuel nozzle which is both cross drilled and end drilled. All the other parts are component parts rather than fasteners.

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Rockford Products parts. The two parts in the foreground and the two in the center are caster stems. The second part from the right in the back row is a part for a speedometer.

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Rockford Products parts from left to right: A part for Irvin Industries, a typical ball stud, and a small diameter part with an unusual head.

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Rockford Products manufactured parts. The large part in the back is a Delco Shock absorber ring made on a 1500 header. The Outside Diameter is approximately 2.375". On the back right is valve spring retainer for Caterpillar diesel engines that was…

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Rockford Products sample parts. Most were used in automotive assembly.

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Rockford Products sample part. This was part of an automobile brake system.

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Rockford Products Plant #3. A Spectrometer in the Metallurgical Laboratory.

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Rockford Products Plant #3 Metallurgical Laboratory microscope.

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Photo Proof of three pilots for Rockford Screw Products. Gary Bender is on the right.

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Rockford Products manufactured Stihl chain saw crank shaft that was cold headed and has two valve spring retainers.

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Rockford Products manufactured Black and Decker chuck key.

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Rockford Products long stroke parts made with an open die.

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The main entrance of Rockford Products at 707 Harrison Avenue.

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Open office concept. Ward Lidbetter, President on the left, and Ed Stonefield, Executive Vice President on the right meet in the Rockford Products Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue) Open Office concept.

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Jerry Broski, President, talks with Ed Klectka, the Plant Manager for Rockford Products, by a heat treat control panel.

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Plant #3 Rockford Products engineers and designers work at drafting tables.

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Plant #3 Rockford Products Engineering Office. The man in the checkered pants is Ken Rader.

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Rockford Products President Jack Rauh shakes hands with the employee that won the contest for naming the new header department. His winning entry was the name "TANSON" which stands for "There Ain't No Stopping Us Now."

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Rockford Products at 707 Harrison Avenue, changing the sign from Rexnord to Rockford Products after buying the company back from their parent company, Rexnord.

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Rockford Products bolts manufactured in a variety of sizes and with different style heads.

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Beechcraft Super King Air F90 in the air. The airplane was used by Rockford Products Corporation.

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Rockford Products manufacturing process showing from left to right the steps that from a blank piece of metal to a finished ball stud.

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Automobile front end suspension parts manufactured by Rockford Products.

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An ABS brake part made for Bendix by Rockford Products.
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