Formerly an aircraft dock, this huge building -- thought to be the largest in the world with no interior supports -- is now the scene of many busy shops turning out aircraft sub-assembly parts, Goodyear Aircraft Corp., Akron, Ohio. Either new housing close to the plant or vastly improved public tran
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- Date
- 1941-12
- Photographer / author
- Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
- Collection
- FSA/OWI
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 9,093 × 7,347 pixels
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"Formerly an aircraft dock, this huge building -- thought to be the largest in the world with no interior supports -- is now the scene of many busy shops turning out aircraft sub-assembly parts, Goodyear Aircraft Corp., Akron, Ohio. Either new housing close to the plant or vastly improved public tran" (1941-12). Palmer, Alfred T., photographer. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Formerly_an_aircraft_dock,_this_huge_building_-_thought_to_be_the_largest_in_the_world_with_no_interior_supports_-_is_now_the_scene_of_many_busy_shops_turning_out_aircraft_sub-assembly_LCCN2017878369.tifNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 119550.
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