B-24 Liberator Assembly Line at Ford Willow Run Bomber Plant, 1944
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Artifact Overview
During World War II, Ford built 8,685 B-24 Liberator bombers at Willow Run. The airplanes were assembled on a series of parallel moving assembly lines. Near the end of the process, planes from two lines were turned 90 degrees on turntables and merged into a single final line -- to accommodate the corner in Willow Run's L-shaped factory building.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
10 October 1944
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.80716
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: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in
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