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Old 05-08-11, 04:55 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Growler View Post
It's gotta be cool to wander around that "town" these days, even if it is being demoed.
Well, the "town" disappeared with the war. The plant operated for many years after. In the late 1940s, the B-47 Stratojet, the first swept-wing bomber was built at the plant. Later on, early B-52 Stratofortresses were also developed inside the facility. In the 1960s the Boeing 737 was produced there. By the 80s it was just used as a machine shop.
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