Re: Men bet their lives on it - the Packard-built Merlin V-12
Posted by RogerDetroit On 2017/3/30 20:14:26
To give you a better idea where the Merlin production line was located at the Packard Plant I have attached 3 items for your review.
1. Street level image, looking SW toward the corner of Concord Street (left) and Harper Avenue (right / foreground) to building #22 under construction.
2. Aerial view of the same intersection. Note the test cell building adjacent to the west with the numerous smoke stacks. These stacks were attached to the engine exhaust pipes during run-in testing. Freshly assembled engines moved through underground tunnels to the test cell room and not exposed to the weather.
3. Floor plans comparing the pre-war, car production layout to "Today" or wartime production. Note that building #22 was NOT in existence before the war and was built specifically for the Merlin engine production. RED line is E. Grand Boulevard. GREEN line is Concord St. and BLUE line is Harper Avenue.
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1. Street level image, looking SW toward the corner of Concord Street (left) and Harper Avenue (right / foreground) to building #22 under construction.
2. Aerial view of the same intersection. Note the test cell building adjacent to the west with the numerous smoke stacks. These stacks were attached to the engine exhaust pipes during run-in testing. Freshly assembled engines moved through underground tunnels to the test cell room and not exposed to the weather.
3. Floor plans comparing the pre-war, car production layout to "Today" or wartime production. Note that building #22 was NOT in existence before the war and was built specifically for the Merlin engine production. RED line is E. Grand Boulevard. GREEN line is Concord St. and BLUE line is Harper Avenue.
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