Dodge Chicago plant´s electric-power-distribution scheme with airplane-engine-testing power recovery

THE Dodge Chicago plant was built to manufacture airplane engines for superbombers and the entire project was designed exclusively for that one purpose. The plan called for much more than the usual assembly of parts, as it was the intent that this plant make practically everything from castings on through to the finished motor. Accordingly, there are aluminum and magnesium foundries, forge, heat-treat, and machine shops as well as assembly and testing buildings. There are 19 principal buildings with their particular use broadly indicated by their names. The site covers over a square mile.