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Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. With high-precision instruments, anti-aircraft gun barrels made in a former automobile plant are measured to a ten-thousandth of an inch. Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, Detroit

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Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. With high-precision instruments, anti-aircraft gun barrels made in a former automobile plant are measured to a ten-thousandth of an inch. Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, Detroit

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Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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01/01/1942

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Contributors

Palmer, Alfred T., photographer

United States. Office of War Information.

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Detroit (Mich.), 42.33139, -83.04583

Google Map of 42.331388888888895, -83.04583333333333

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