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 BigKev  Merlin Engines  01/21/2025 10:42
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| View of workers inspecting plane propeller shaft of Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engine on a Magnaflux machine. Label on back: "The plane propeller shaft of the Rolls engine is tested on this special Magnaflux machine. The part is magnetized by electric current and a liquid containing iron filings is poured over it. |
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| View of William S. Knudsen, surrounded by other men, signing in at dedication ceremonies for production of Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines. Label on back: "Impressive dedication ceremonies marked the beginning of Rolls-Royce production on August 2, 1941, ten months after the signing of the contract. |
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| View of William S. Knudsen, Colonel Jesse G. Vincent and other men at dedication ceremonies for production of Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines. |
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| View of workers in plating division for production of Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines. Label on back: "Elsewhere in the quickening industrial giant, men worked at individual units necessary to the continuity of men and machines in mass production. These put finishing touches on machinery in the plating division, where Rolls parts receive the brilliance of chrome and nickel finish. |
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| View of welder at factory for production of Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines. Label on back: "Through the zero nights, men with blazing torches labored to knit frameworks of steel into the pattern of a factory. " Item #: na043397 Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission. |
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| View of Viscount Lord Halifax and Jesse G. Vincent examining an assembled Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engine. Label on back: "On the 'flush line' of Rolls main assembly, Lord Halifax and J. |
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| View of Viscount Lord Halifax making radio broadcast regarding production of Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines. Label on back: "From his office at the British Embassy in Washington, D. C. |
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| View of workers operating polishing units for production of Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines. Label on back: "From the ranks of its automotive divisions came these expert Packard operators to man the polishing units in the Rolls aircraft division. In this department are ninety-two powered polishing machines, each equipped with air exhaust systems to remove all metal dusts and other impurities. |
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| View of workers producing Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines. Label on back: "The mass productive techniques of the automotive industry begin to be visible as Packard workmen and apprentices establish the first feeder lines behind the working machines of a new industry. " Item #: na043379 Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission. |
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| View of factory workers on assembly line for production of Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines. Label on back: "For the first time in aviation practice, Packard brings the assembly-line technique to the manufacture and finish of crankshafts for the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine. On an overhead track the crankshafts move before a pattern of machines as each performs an operation pointing towards the finished product. |
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