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Tank manufacture (Chrysler). M-3s, the twenty-eight ton "medium" tanks being turned out in Detroit at the Chrysler tank arsenal, are powered by nine cylinder, 400 horsepower Wright Whirlwind aviation type engines. This is a general view of the final engine assembly department

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Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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01/01/1940

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Palmer, Alfred T., photographer

United States. Office for Emergency Management.

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Detroit (Mich.), 42.33139, -83.04583

Google Map of 42.331388888888895, -83.04583333333333

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Library of Congress

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