Photos from the 35-acre, 3.5 million square foot sprawling Packard Plant are now on-line.

Not only were luxury cars built here, but engines for WWII PT boats, P40s, P-51 Mustangs, Lancaster bombers, and various other British and Canadian aircraft. Packard was a key to the America’s Arsenal of Democracy.

One major advantage America had during WWII was our factories were safe from enemy bombers. Ironically, one of Detroit’s greatest war plants looks bombed today.

Wikipedia has a bit more information on the history of Packard.