The two machines seen here are spray glaze machines. The circular one wasn't in use that day, but as you can see in the image, the other one was. Shown are plates spinning on thin metal wires while hoses spray glazes. The plates are moved along a conveyer belt and then are loaded on racks to be fired.

These next images show pieces loaded on racks ready to be fired. There were two types of ways to move large amounts of dishes, one was on rollers and the other was by using tracks mounted on the ceiling which run throughout the plant. The first picture is of rim soups ready to be fired. These bowls have been sprayed with a black glaze, but at this stage they look red. They will not become black until they are run through the kiln. The second picture shows racks of dishes suspended from the tracks on the ceilings.

Here is one of the kilns used at Hall China. The first image shows little "trays" of pieces making their way to the entrance of the kiln. The second is looking down the kiln where the racks of fired pieces will come out.

Shown are some finished pieces for Longaberger ready to be boxed and shipped. Longaberger with decals have been made for a while, but Hall has only recently started to make the line in solid colors.