Building Gliders at the Heinz Plant

1943

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Title
Building Gliders at the Heinz Plant
Identifier
MSP57.B001.F15.I04
Source Identifier
MSP57.B001.F15.I04
Description
Workers at the H.J. Heinz Company Main Plant in Pittsburgh’s North Side neighborhood work on a secret, emergency project during World War II to produce wings for gliders. Large and clumsy by modern standards, the gliders could carry over thirty troops or equipment as large as a Jeep. In addition to this secret project, H.J. Heinz produced K and C Rations for the armed services, as well as shell canisters, pontoons, airplane seats, and other items. Altogether, 2800 men and women received vocational training for war production work from one hundred teachers in twelve Pittsburgh schools.
Genre
photographs
Subject
H.J. Heinz Company.
Gliders (Aeronautics)--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
World War, 1939-1945.
Employment--Women--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Source
H.J. Heinz Company, Photographs, 1864-1991, MSP 57, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
H.J. Heinz Company Photographs
Rights Information
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Rights Holder
Senator John Heinz History Center