- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Bell Bomber Plant
- Date of Original:
- 1943
- Subject:
- Aircraft--United States
Airplanes--1940-1950
Automobiles--1940-1950
Vehicles--Georgia--Marietta
Industry--Georgia--Marietta
Industrial facilities--Georgia--Marietta
Factories--Georgia--Marietta
Bell Aircraft Corporation
World War, 1939-1945--Georgia--Marietta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Cobb County, Marietta, 33.9526, -84.54993
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of the exterior of the Bell Bomber plant in Marietta, Georgia.
The Bell Bomber plant in Marietta, Georgia was a facility built for the production of B-29 aircraft during World War II. The construction of the plant was funded by the federal government and designed by Robert & Company of Atlanta, Georgia. When the plant opened, it was operated by the Bell Aircraft Corporation. The plant was closed between 1946-1951, and later was under the management of Lockheed-Georgia (later Lockheed-Martin).
This work is filed as an image collected by Kenneth Rogers, the photographer is unknown. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 82.547.02
ahc082547002a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/1917
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
