200 Acre "Blackout" Plane Plants Blends Into Landscape

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One of America’s first “blackout” plants will be the $12,000,000 factory of the Douglas Aircraft Company in California. Its 12 buildings will cover 200 acres, providing 1,400,000 square feet of working space under roof,and employ 16,000 workers. The plant will be windowless, fireproof and air-conditioned, and is to be painted to blend with the landscape. Utilities and essential materials will be housed in bombproof underground vaults.

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200 Acre "Blackout" Plane Plants Blends Into Landscape
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200 Acre "Blackout" Plane Plants Blends Into Landscape
Lingua
eng
Copertura temporale
World War II
Data di rilascio
1941-07
pagine
38
Diritti
Public Domain (Google digitized)
Sorgente
Google books
Archived by
Enrico Saonara
Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Copertura territoriale
United States of America