Producing Your Sugar- the Growing and Processing of Sugar Beet, Britain, 1942 D10917

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Description: English: Producing Your Sugar- the Growing and Processing of Sugar Beet, Britain, 1942 Women work in the 'tare house' laboratory to determine the sugar content of a sample of sugar beet, taken from a load which has just been brought in. The sugar solution is filtered and tested in a polarimeter, which shows automatically the average percentage of sugar content in the sample. These results can then be used to work out the average sugar content in the load of clean beet from which the original sample was taken. Date: 1942. Source: http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//42/media-42621/large.jpg : This is photograph D 10917 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. :. Author: Richard Stone . Description: British photographer. Work location: Western Front . Authority control: : Q29580638. creator QS:P170,Q29580638. Permission(Reusing this file): This photograph was scanned and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. The image was catalogued by the IWM as created for the Ministry of Information, which was dissolved in 1946. Consequently the image and faithful reproductions are considered Crown Copyright, now expired as the photograph was taken prior to 1 June 1957. Part ofMinistry of Information Second World War Official Collection. Subjects Associated places UK Associated events Home Front, UK, Second World War Associated themes British Home Front 1939-1945, British War Work 1939-1945 Associated keywords Civilians, Daily Life, Food, Industry, Research & Development, women. Categoryphotographs. Image Sortedyes.