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The Shop Floor of an Aircraft Factory
The photo shows an overview of the shop floor of an aircraft factory, with employees working around the planes on an assembly line in Fort William, Ontario, circa 1944.  Larger image
Photographer unknown, photograph, Fort William, Ontario, ca. 1944

View of the shop floor of the Canadian Car & Foundry Company Ltd., which during the war manufactured the Curtiss SB2C1 Helldiver airplane. The Canadian aeronautical industry made over 16,400 aircraft during World War Two for the allies and the RCAF.

National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque / Library and Archives Canada / e000762787