Pin Doffers, O'Brien Warehouse, Second Floor, 2006
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A steel beam bears the scars of a hydraulic claw that was used to disassemble the parts of tobacco storage bulkers on the second floor of O'Brien Warehouse. Gear-driven pin doffers helped move tobacco leaves through the storage bulkers on their way to be processed into "cut rag" or smoking tobacco.
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