Boeing Renton Factory
1941 - Operational
Overview
A wartime plant on the south shore of Lake Washington that built B-29 Superfortress bombers in the Second World War. It later rolled out the prototype Dash 80 and the 707, and for decades it has been the final assembly line for the Boeing 737, the best selling jetliner family.
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