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FOR PRODUCTION OF BOMBERS FORD PLANT AT DETROIT. OPENING AT BEGINNING OF NEXT MONTH. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) (Received This Day, 10.20 a.m.) DETROIT, April 9. The Ford bomber plant at Willowrun, the largest factory of its kind in the world, was opened for inspected by the Press. Built on a vast site where an experimental soya bean garden flourished in 1941, already 7,000 young men and women and old men are working. These can be increased to 110,000 with peak production, which will be possible before the end of the year. The plant is to begin operations on May 1, two months ahead of schedule. The cost of buildings and equipment is estimated at 60.000,000 dollars. The total floor area, including hangars, is 3,700,000 square feet. The adjoining airport is reported to be the largest in the world. It takes up 720 acres, with seven runways, each over a mile in length. While precise production figures are not available, the factory’s great potentialities are obvious. It is believed to be capable of producing bombers by tens of thousands.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 April 1942, Page 2
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