Oral history interview with William J. Lobrovich, 1974.

Biographical Note

Production engineer.

Scope and Contents

Youth, apprenticeship as machinist; rebuilding equipment supplied by other firms to Continental Can; changes in machine design; invention of pneumatic stripper; production of airplane wing edges during World War II; standardization of Continental Can's equipment and machine parts nationwide; dealings with Hans Eggerss, Lucius Clay.

Subjects

• Airplanes, Military.
• Continental Can Company.
• Engineers--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Lobrovich, William J.--Interviews.
• Machine design.
• Machinery industry.
• Machinists--Interviews.
• Nackman, Mark E., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Oral histories (literary works)