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Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, Final Aircraft Assembly Building, 3855 Lakewood Boulevard, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

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Significance: Building No. 1 is one of 18 contributing buildings two features to the Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant historic district. Activities associated with the district significantly contributed to the history of the aviation industry in southern California, the war (World War II) effort and the movement to utilize women workers on the Home Front, and to the development and growth of Long Beach and Lakewood.

Survey number: HAER CA-315-A

Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction

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manufacturing assembly plants war world war ii automobile industry research facilities aircraft industry north long beach douglas aircraft long beach plant douglas aircraft company long beach plant final final aircraft lakewood lakewood boulevard long beach los angeles county los angeles california justine christianson douglas aircraft company historic american engineering record kaiser aluminum pcr services corporation ultra high resolution high resolution manufacturing plants library of congress
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Date

1969 - 1980
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Kaiser Aluminum
Douglas Aircraft Company
PCR Services Corporation, contractor
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
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North Long Beach ,  33.82823, -118.14082
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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