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World War II Factory Statistics |
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World War II Factory Statistics |
NOTE: Factory sizes for WWI and previous are shown for some plants to provide comparison of the different needs for both wars.
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Plant Name |
Employees |
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Henschel Kassel Plant (1945) |
8,000 |
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Bell Buffalo Plant |
28,000 |
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Boeing Washington State Plants |
50,000 |
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Boeing Wichita Plant |
40,000 |
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Consolidated San Diego Plants |
45,000 |
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Consolidated Fort Worth Plant |
32,000 |
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Curtiss-Wright Columbus Plant |
13,000 |
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Douglas Santa Monica Plant |
40,000 |
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Douglas Tulsa Plant |
22,000 |
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Ford Willow Run Plant |
42,000 |
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Grumman Bethpage Plant |
25,000 |
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Lockheed Burbank Plants |
94,000 |
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Martin Middle River, MD Plant |
53,000 |
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Martin Omaha Plant |
14,000 |
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Republic Farmingdale Plant |
24,000 |
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A.V. Roe's Chadderton Plant |
11,267 |
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Victory Aircraft Malton, Ontario Plant (1942) |
3,300 |
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Victory Aircraft Malton, Ontario Plant (1944) |
9,521 |
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Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield Lock (1933) |
800 |
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Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield Lock (1939) |
9,500 |
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Royal Arsenal, Woolrich (UK) (1918) |
65,000 |
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Royal Arsenal, Woolrich (UK) (1933) |
7,000 |
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Royal Gunpowder Factory, Waltham (1918) |
5,730 |
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Royal Gunpowder Factory, Waltham (1933) |
354 |
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New York Ship Building (1901) |
4,000 |
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New York Ship Building (WWI) |
19,000 |
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New York Ship Building (WWII) |
34,000 |
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Shipyard Workforce Breakdown (1943 USA) |
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Job Type |
Percentage of Total Workforce |
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Supervisory Workers |
8.6% |
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Skilled Workers |
48.2% |
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Semi-Skilled Workers (General) |
35.8% |
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Other Semi Skilled Workers |
3.6% |
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Unskilled Workers |
7.4% |
Transportation in Wartime (Unknown Journal) on US Working Shifts To this end, a number of radical departures have been introduced in the shipbuilding industry. Women are now employed as welders, riveters, burners, tool checkers, draftsmen, and in many other capacities. The adoption of a seven-day week with three eight-hour shifts per day, and the elimination of Sunday as a holiday by allowing each worker one day off in seven, mark a great advance over the schedules which prevailed in World War I when a six-day week obtained with two eleven-hour shifts per day, and skeleton crews worked on Sundays.
