Interior of a U.S. aircraft manufacturing plant in World War I. Men are assembling wooden frameworks of flying boats. Fuselage of one in foreground is Covered in sheets of wood. Men work on the fuselage of a flying boat that has low wing attachment sections in place. The hull of a seaplane being moved across the factory by an overhead crane. A Liberty engine being moved to a cradle on a stand, where a worker guides it into place. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Manufacturing of aircrafts in United States World War I. A lumber camp with American flag hoisted. Men engaged in lumbering with railroad cars in the background.
Manufacturing of aircraft in United States World War I. The United States engineer troops on board flat railroad cars as a locomotive pulls them away.
Two lumberjack men cut a large tree in a forest using a two-man pit saw (or whipsaw). The large tree crashes to the ground. Cut timber and logs of wood being dragged and pulled with ropes along forest floor and through water filled ditches for transportation toward lumber mill area.
Manufacturing of aircraft in United States World War I. Huge logs of wood placed on rail road flat cars to be transported. Power crane stacks the timber. Workers in a lumber mill cut and pile up lumber. Men pile up lumber as Army officers inspect them.
Manufacturing of aircraft in United States World War I. Lumber cut and piled. Men weigh, inspect and conduct various tests on lumber before using it in airplane manufacturing. Workmen push wooden planks placed on flatcars in to a kiln and close the door. A man opens the door after ten days and smoke emerges. Seasoned lumber on flatcar rolled out and men work on lumber in equalizing shed.
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