Willow Run Bomber Plant
1941 - Mostly demolished
Overview
Ford plant that applied auto mass production to aircraft, turning out B-24 Liberator bombers at a peak rate of roughly one per hour, over 8,600 total. At its height it employed about 42,000 workers, including the original Rosie the Riveter of legend.
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