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- Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Engine Components, August 1943 - During World War II, Ford Motor Company manufactured Pratt & Whitney R-2800 aircraft engines using the same mass-production techniques developed for automobiles. Each 18-cylinder engine generated 2,000 horsepower. By August 1944, Ford assembled more than 2,400 engines a month in a special facility at the Rouge. Ford workers built nearly 58,000 engines by war's end.
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Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Engine Components, August 1943
During World War II, Ford Motor Company manufactured Pratt & Whitney R-2800 aircraft engines using the same mass-production techniques developed for automobiles. Each 18-cylinder engine generated 2,000 horsepower. By August 1944, Ford assembled more than 2,400 engines a month in a special facility at the Rouge. Ford workers built nearly 58,000 engines by war's end.
- 1904 Pierce-Arrow Roadster - From its founding in Buffalo, New York, in 1901, Pierce-Arrow quickly grew into one of the country's most prestigious automobile marques. This sleek, two-cylinder 1904 roadster features a front-mounted vertical engine, a sliding-gear transmission, and a driveshaft to the rear axle -- all very advanced for an American car at that time. Pierce-Arrow fell victim to the Great Depression in 1938.
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1904 Pierce-Arrow Roadster
From its founding in Buffalo, New York, in 1901, Pierce-Arrow quickly grew into one of the country's most prestigious automobile marques. This sleek, two-cylinder 1904 roadster features a front-mounted vertical engine, a sliding-gear transmission, and a driveshaft to the rear axle -- all very advanced for an American car at that time. Pierce-Arrow fell victim to the Great Depression in 1938.
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