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World War II on the home front: Rationing

Salvaging trolley tracks

In Asheville, North Carolina, trolley tracks that had been buried beneath the streets were ripped up and used as scrap for military production. “It’s no good under the ground,” the caption read, “but it can be used to smash the Axis.” Here, an inventor demonstrated his “railjerk” that pried the track loose.

U.S. Office of War Information.

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