From Wikipedia.
Located in Chicago's southwest side in the West Lawn neighborhood by 76th Street and Cicero Avenue.
The plant was built in 1942 as part of the US war effort with its main building covering 82 acres, at the time the largest building in the world. It covered 30 city blocks.
Named the Dodge Chicago Aircraft Engine Plant, it built the majority of the B-29 bomber aircraft engines. It was designed noted automotive plant architect Alfred Kahn and his company and is regarded as the influential design for American industrial manufacturing plants.
Extensive underground tunnels were also built to facilitate foot and supply traffic. It was the setting for racial and ethnic tolerances well.
After the war, it was leased for a short time by the Tucker Car Corporation and later used by several automobile makers, including Ford. Tootsie Roll moved in during 1967 and a large part of it became the Ford City Mall.
GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
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