Packard Employees Preparing Merlin 2 Engines For Shipment
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Photograph. Photograph of Packard employees preparing Merlin 2 engines for shipment. Three employees are placing the top part of a shipping crate on a Packard built Merlin 2 Engine. The Engines are being prepared for shipment to the Canadian Car and Foundery Company for use in Hawker Hurricane production. This photo is a duplicate of 2017.450.190. "975J" is written on the back of the image. Location unknown. 23 March 1942
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Photographs from the Packard Motor Car Company, Detroit, Michigan. During World War II the Packard Motor Car Company produced the Packard Marine engine used on US Navy Patrol Torpedo boats (PT boats), Army crash rescue boats, and merlin engines used in American and British fighter aircraft. This extensive collection of over 1300 photographs, originally from the Packard Motor Company, documents the PT engine production line, merlin engine production line, the PT motor machinist mate school operated by Packard, and various company events. Included are portrait of employees that were serving in the armed forces and of dignitaries visiting the plant.
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Detroit
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42.317
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-83.033
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Airplane engines--British--United States