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Atlas Shipping Manifest 1941
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With the Second World War a year-and-a-half old for the British (but yet to start for the Americans) this shipping ticket for 23rd April1941 lists a 36-inch bed Timken taper-roller bearing equipped Atlas 10F lathe Serial No. 014444 ordered by the Acorn Machine Tool Company. Did it reach the UK - or is it at the bottom of the Atlantic ?