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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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BigKev Merlin Engines 01/21/2025 10:42
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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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BigKev Merlin Engines 01/21/2025 10:42
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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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| View of Harley Whitmore congratulating George Boyette on production of first Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engine. Label on back: "With Rolls-Royce Merlin engine number one installed and ready for test, Harley Whitmore, Packard test crew chief, congratulates George Boyette, in charge of engine tests. The engine awaits the signal from England that sent it thundering into life on August 2, 1941. |
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| View of guests at dedication ceremonies for production of Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines. Label on back: "More than 700 distinguished guests assembled on the floor of the Packard Rolls-Royce assembly building. They heard an international radio broadcast dedicating the first Packard-built Rolls, which was started by a voice impulse from England. |
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| View of Viscount Lord Halifax and M. Gilman at official inspection of the factory for the Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engine. Label on back: "On November 3, 1941, Ambassador Lord Halifax arrived in Detroit for an official inspection of the Packard Rolls-Royce defense plant. |
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| Bird's-eye view of factory for production of Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines. Label on back: "When Spring came 'round, three great new factories had been built and welded to the mile-long unit of the Packard Motor Car Company. An equal amount of space had been made ready within the existing plants adjoining the new structures. |
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