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Willow
Run B-24 Liberator Bomber
Production Plant Historical Background in WW2.
Willow Run
Colossus
of American Industry Page 4Willow Run B-24 Production Plant Information and Historical Background in a Nutshell
Area: Entire Project 1,878 acres, Airport size: 1,434 acres, Factory Floor 80 1/4 acres - 3,503,016 sq. ft.- including hangars: 4,734,617 sq. ft., Length of willow run factory - East to West: 3,200 feet, Width of willow run factory: 1,277 feet, Length of assembly lines: 5,450 feet, Runways (longest) 7,366 feet, (Shortest) 6,510 feet, Cost of willow run project: $103,000,000, Weight of B-24 on delivery 49,900 lbs. Number of rivets in the B-24: 313,237, Dies made as of December 1944: 29,124, Fixtures in Production: 10,915, Number of wooden floor blocks: 16,000,000, Fluorescent tubes: 152,000, Number of windows: 28,855, Conveyors: 136, Craneways: 29, Monorails (all buildings) 18 miles, Power requirements: approx. 13,200 KWH, Students trained in school: 50,000, Water used daily: approx.: 5,000,000 gallons, Parking lots (capacity) 15,300 cars, Fuel capacity: (gasoline): 150,000, Fire Protection: (Sprinkler heads) 5,212, Airport concrete used at willow run is equal to a 20 foot highway 115 miles long.
