These images come from a rare 1945 promotional booklet published by
Dodge when its Chicago assembly plant was made over for the licensed
production of Wright Cyclone radial aircraft engines during World War
II.
Among many other things, the Chicago plant included foundries for
producing magnesium and aluminum castings on a gigantic scale, very new
practices at the time. The Wright engines ended up powering B-29
Superfortress bombers until the end of the war, and beyond.
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