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.

Title (Dublin Core)
200 Acre "Blackout" Plane Plants Blends Into Landscape
Subject (Dublin Core)
en
en
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)
200 Acre "Blackout" Plane Plants Blends Into Landscape
Language (Dublin Core)
eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core)
World War II
Date Issued (Dublin Core)
1941-07
Is Part Of (Dublin Core)
Popular Mechanics, v. 76, n. 1, 1941
pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
38
Rights (Dublin Core)
Public Domain (Google digitized)
Source (Dublin Core)
Google books
References (Dublin Core)
United States of America
Douglas
California
Archived by (Dublin Core)
Enrico Saonara
Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Spatial Coverage (Dublin Core)
United States of America