Materials Handling in the Plant of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company

In the plant described, 964 people are kept busy transporting an average of 1,863,269 lb. of material in process of manufacture over a floor space of 6,443,419 sq. ft. by the use of 17,000 electric power trucks, industrial hand trucks, and platform skids. This equipment would make a train 19 miles long. There are 81 elevators and 29,654 ft. of conveyors. The industrial trucks are under centralized control.