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Cooling the Heat of Battle: Lockport’s Largest Employer Did Its Part in World War II

By Douglas Farley - July 15, 2010

When the United States entered World War II, industry across the country transformed to meet the production needs of the war effort. Lockport’s Harrison Radiator Corporation provides a single local example of this nationwide phenomenon.

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