Willow Run Machine Shop, ca. 1942

Banks of equipment used in the production of B-24 Liberator bomber planes. The ceiling receding on the top of the image highlights the enormity of the Willow Run plant, which was not only the largest manufacturing plant in the US but was also the largest "room" in the world. Read more about Willow Run in the May 1999 issue of Ypsilanti Gleanings.