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When the depression flattened the auto business, Budd's loss snowballed to $1,785,000. To keep his shopmen busy, Budd began building lightweight railroad passenger cars, using the company's patented "Shotweld" process for joining stainless steel sheets. Roads bought the cars eagerly, but Edward Budd spent money hand over fist experimenting on such products as stainless steel masts for ships...
Most distinctive hallmark of the streamline-builders is the sleek, shiny gleam of Budd trains. Only Budds are made of stainless steel and only Budds are likely to be, as long as the Philadelphia plant keeps a tight hold on its "Shotweld" process for welding stainless sheets together. Invented by Budd's Chief Engineer Colonel Earl James Wilson Ragsdale, onetime professional Army officer, the "Shotweld" machine is a foolproof, delicately balanced electrical device that can be operated by unskilled labor. In less than the winking of an eye (1/20 of a second) it sends a stabbing electric current through...
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