The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

It Was Huge: The Dodge Chicago Plant

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

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