Sturtevant at War

Sturtevant at War

Sturtevant At War

While not making shells, ammunition, tanks, planes or other primary articles of war, Sturtevant was certainly part of the Arsenal of Democracy during WW2!

Sturtevant Mechanical Draft Fans sped up the generation of electrical current essential to production.
Sturtevant Air Conditioning Systems made munition plants workable.
Sturtevant Heaters helped the flow of tanks, trucks and guns.
Sturtevant Axiflo Fans kicked up the pressure in naval boilers that drove vessels thru the waters in search of the enemy.
Sturtevant Compressors boosted the pressure and assured a steady flow of gas to industry for war essential combustion.

Sturtevant Ammo fighting the AXIS

Sturtevant fans for forced, induced draft and ventilation and other below deck ancillary products had a proved record of superior perfomance in hundreds of marine applications. Some examples of what was installed in vessels ranging from PT Boats and LSTs to large attack carriers are seen in the below graphic:

Personnel

Rosie the Riveter was a symbol of the U.S. war effort that characterized the millions of women who had gone to work to replace the men who joined the armed forces. Over 300 "Rosies" worked at the Hyde Park factory during WW2.

A series of photos were taken in 1945 on the Bldg C, 2nd floor, assembly area of women assembling commercial heaters, known as Speed Heaters. Roll over the links below to see them at work.

	Assembling tubes to header Putting on heater cover Assembling fins to tubes	Mounting motors in inlet Fastening louvres in place Attaching fan wheels to motor shaft

In addition to the many shop workers that fought, thirty-four Sturtevant sales engineers laid down the slide rule and picked up the sword during the conflict. Most of their pictures and names can be viewed below. The images were published in a special edition of The Vane, the company sales department newsletter, in 1943.

John Bentley
William Trigg
Hiram Rainey Jr.
John Bowers
John Spencer
Lee Gatewood
Eugene Williams
Albert Wason
Edmund Race
George Chapman
Vincent Badala

Milton Reeves
Robert Roulston
George Doughtie
Eugene Foss
Jeff Hooker
Joseph Jernigan
Paul Whitty
Elmer Strachan
John Howard
Edward Anderson

Charles Hoyt Jr.
Henry Waggle
Charles Lombardo
E. Dowler
Donald Hutchinson
Adelbert Mutimer
Charles Peterson
Sydney Hardwick
Joseph LaBelle
Richard Pentecost

War Ads

During World War II, the government undertook unprecedented campaigns to engage Americans in the war effort. Private business followed suit, often attempting to link their products with appeals to patriotism. Propaganda and advertisement sometimes became inextricably entwined in the process, as shown in the Sturtevant ads below.