Sorry, make that the WILLOW Run plant. (I'm mixing my River Rouges with my
Willow Runs)
"After entering World War II in 1941, America desperately needed military
equipment and supplies. The Ford Motor Company had begun building this factory
in April 1941. Outstanding industrial architect Albert Kahn designed Willow
Run, one of the largest manufacturing plants under one roof in the world.
Completed in early 1942, this bulwark of the "Arsenal of Democracy" produced
8685
B-24 Liberator Bombers and had a peak employment of 42,000 men and women.
After the war, the newly formed Kaiser-Frazer Corporation -- in an
unsuccessful
effort to create a large scale automotive empire -- occupied this plant.
Here the company manufactured the first of 739,039 passenger cars, as well as
military aircraft. In 1953 Kaiser-Frazer transferred its diminishing
operations
from Willow Run to Toledo, Ohio, and Argentina."
Wow, I didn't know the Kaiser -Frazer part! It doesn't get more vintage than
that!
In a message dated 6/18/2004 4:28:43 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
JFrymark@aol.com writes:
the River Run plant built incredibly large and fast to churn out
B-24s
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