Power shovel excavating foundation for Roll-Royce Heat Treat plant for Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines

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View of power shovel excavating foundation for Roll-Royce Heat Treat plant for Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines. Label on back: "Excavating shovels moved up in the dust of the demolition crews in the race with winter to dig foundations ahead of frost. These are the deep foundations of the Rolls-Royce Heat Treat plant where parts for the fighting engine are tempered for strength and endurance."

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Resource ID:: na043300
Subject:: Excavation--Michigan--Detroit; Power shovels--Michigan--Detroit; Factories--Michigan--Detroit; Merlin engines; Rolls-Royce engines; Packard Motor Car Company; Photographic prints
Date:: 1940-1941
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Location:: Packard--Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines
Content Note:: Part of a group of photographs depicting "a forty-week period wherein the Packard Motor Car Company brought the Rolls-Royce Merlin fighting engine from blue print to production."
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.