Henry Ford at Willow Run Bomber Plant Construction Site, 1941
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Designed by renowned industrial architect Albert Kahn for Henry Ford's Ford Motor Company, Willow Run was built for the mass production of World War II B-24 bombers. By the end of 1944, the Ypsilanti, Michigan, factory was producing 650 B-24 Liberators every month. Willow Run closed in 1945, but only after adding 8,685 bombers to the war effort.
Designed by renowned industrial architect Albert Kahn for Henry Ford's Ford Motor Company, Willow Run was built for the mass production of World War II B-24 bombers. By the end of 1944, the Ypsilanti, Michigan, factory was producing 650 B-24 Liberators every month. Willow Run closed in 1945, but only after adding 8,685 bombers to the war effort.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
30 July 1941
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.188.29399.B
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in
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