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Workers using juggernaut concrete forms to construct Dodge Chicago plant
Description:
View of workers using juggernaut concrete forms to construct the Dodge Chicago plant. Label on back: "Construction juggernauts help build world's largest plant. A development of the Fuller Construction Company, general contractors for this job, more than 60 juggernaut concrete forms such as these are being used on the construction of the Dodge Chicago plant. After a cycle of seven days, during which the forms are rolled into place, set, and the concrete poured and dried, they can be moved to new positions in eight minutes. Fifty-two of the largest ones are more than 120 feet long and are making it possible to build this building in record time. (DC-29). Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, Michigan." Handwritten on back: "ACWP - Plants construction."
Details
Resource ID:
na051788
Date Issued:
1942 to 1945
Format:
1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
Filing Location:
MS84/Automotive Council for War Production, 87:20
Rights:
Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.