Buick Motor Division, Aviation Engine Plant

Title

Buick Motor Division, Aviation Engine Plant

Publisher

Lawrence Technological University

Date Created

August 5, 2019

Alternative Title or Name

General Motors Corporation
Buick Melrose Park

Creator

Kahn, Albert

Creator2

Hedrich-Blessing (photograph)

Creator Nationality

American

Work Type

rooms and spaces

Date

c. 1941

Work Location

Illinois (state)

Melrose Park (inhabited place)

Style/Period

Modern (style or period)

Subject

factories (structures)
aircraft manufacturers
interior views
engines (power producing equipment)

Description

Two men work on an aircraft engine on apparatus that appears to be able to rotate in a circular motion while another man climbs steps along the outside of the apparatus at Buick's Aviation Engine Plant in Melrose, Illinois designed by Detroit architect, Albert Kahn in 1941.

Reproduction Type

jpeg

Reproduction Source

b/w photograph:

ID Number

LTU-AK-BMP002

Files

LTU-AK-BMP002.jpg
Date Added
April 4, 2019
Collection
Albert Kahn Collection
Item Type
VRA Core
Tags
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Citation
“Buick Motor Division, Aviation Engine Plant,” LTU Digital Images, accessed March 28, 2024, https://ltuimagecollection.omeka.net/items/show/18003.