Women Working on Pratt & Whitney Engine Parts at the Ford Twin Cities Plant in St. Paul, Minnesota, 1943
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Ford Motor Company opened its Twin Cities Assembly Plant at St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1925. Situated on the Mississippi River, the factory generated its own power through an adjacent hydroelectric dam. The women here are working on pistons for Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines during World War II. The facility was building Ranger pickup trucks when it closed in 2011.
Ford Motor Company opened its Twin Cities Assembly Plant at St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1925. Situated on the Mississippi River, the factory generated its own power through an adjacent hydroelectric dam. The women here are working on pistons for Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines during World War II. The facility was building Ranger pickup trucks when it closed in 2011.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1943
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.833.78460.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.063 in
Width: 10.875 in
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