Willow Run manufacturing complex
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
manufacturing complex
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| gptkbp:airfieldName |
gptkb:Willow_Run_Airport
|
| gptkbp:area |
3.5 million square feet
|
| gptkbp:builtBy |
gptkb:Ford_Motor_Company
|
| gptkbp:closed |
2010
|
| gptkbp:constructionStartYear |
1941
|
| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_States
|
| gptkbp:demolished |
2013
|
| gptkbp:designedBy |
gptkb:Albert_Kahn
|
| gptkbp:employs |
over 42,000 workers
|
| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
symbol of American industrial capacity during WWII
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Willow Run manufacturing complex
|
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Ypsilanti_Township,_Michigan
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| gptkbp:notableFor |
largest factory under one roof at the time
mass production of military aircraft |
| gptkbp:postwarUse |
gptkb:General_Motors_transmission_plant
automobile manufacturing Kaiser-Frazer production |
| gptkbp:purpose |
production of B-24 Liberator bombers
|
| gptkbp:usedDuring |
gptkb:World_War_II
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Willow_Run_(stream)
gptkb:Willow_Run,_Michigan,_United_States |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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