• Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) (photographic studio)
• Bryant Detweiler Co. (role unspecified)
• Albert Kahn Associated, Inc. Architects and Engineers (role unspecified)
• United States Government (role unspecified)

View of the principal and lateral façades of the Machine Shops (also known as Buildings Nos. 2, 3 and 4), United States Naval Ordnance Assembly Plant, Center Line, Michigan

July 1945

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 17.8 x 23.3 cm sheet: 20.4 x 26.0 cm

PH2000:0414

• exterior view

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH / IS USED FOR REPRODUCTI[ON,] / CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN / DESIGNED BY / Albert Kahn Associated Architects & Engineers, Inc." [text in square parentheses is covered by a label] stamped, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - in black ink and by an unknown hand in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "HEDRICH-BLESSING STUDIO / 450 EAST OHIO STREET / CHICAGO / NEG. No. 8684-C" [inscribed negative number appears over stamped underline] labelled, imprinted, dated and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [U. S. [sic] NAVAL ORDNANCE PLANT / (Operated by Westinghouse - Formerly / Hudson)] / LOCATION / [Centerline [sic], Michigan] / DESCRIPTION / [Machine Shops - Buildings 2, 3 & 4] / DATE TAKEN / [July 1945] JOB No. / [1884-A] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Hedrich 8684-C]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label] numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, u.c.: "2 3 + 4"

Center Line; Michigan; United States;

• architecture
• ingénierie
• militaire

• windows
• walkways
• industrial complex
• industrial buildings
• machinery
• monitors (roof appendages)
• overhead doors
• machine shops
• artillery factory
• naval guns assembly plant