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Perhaps the enormousness of the plant is best comprehended, not when we mechanically repeat that it covers eighty acres and comprises eighty buildings, and that four full sized steam locomotives run up and down its yard, but when we see how many of the intimate things of daily living have sprung up here as little trees spring up between huge stones. For the Fore River Plant is more than an industrial organization. It is a social center, an economic entity. PERHAPS THE ENORMOUSNESS OF THE PLANT IS BEST COMPREHENDED NOT WHEN WE MECHANICALLY REPEAT THAT IT COVERS EIGHTY ACRES AND COMPRISES EIGHTY BUILDINGS AND THAT FOUR FULL SIZED STEAM LOCOMOTIVES RUN UP AND DOWN ITS YARD BUT WHEN WE SEE HOW MANY OF THE INTIMATE THINGS OF DAILY LIVING HAVE SPRUNG UP HERE AS LITTLE TREES SPRING UP BETWEEN HUGE STONES FOR THE FOUR RIVER PLANT IS MORE THAN AN INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION IT IS A SOCIAL CENTRE AN ECONOMIC ENTITY
delivered to the Navy, in 1918, eighteen completed destroyers, which was as many as all the other yards in the country put together delivered during this time. A shipyard which cut the time of building destroyers from anywhere between eighteen and thirty-two months to an average of six months and a half; a shipyard which made the world's record of one hundred and seventy-four days from the laying of the keel to the delivering of a destroyer. It is difficult to grasp the meaning of these figures. Difficult, even after one has obtained entrance into this city within a city, and seen with his own eyes twenty thousand men toiling like Trojans. Seen a riveting crew which can drive more than twenty-eight hundred rivets in nine hours; battleships that weigh thirty thousand tons; a plate yard piled with steel plates and steel bars worth two million dollars; cranes that can lift from five tons up to others of one hundred tons capacity; single buildings a thousand feet long and eighty feet high.  TO THE NAVY IN NINETEEN EIGHTEEN EIGHTEEN COMPLETED DESTROYERS WHICH WAS AS MANY AS ALL THE OTHER YARDS IN THE COUNTRY PUT TOGETHER DELIVERED DURING THIS TIME A SHIPYARD WHICH CUT THE TIME OF BUILDING DESTROYERS FROM ANYWHERE BETWEEN EIGHTEEN AND THIRTY TWO MONTHS TO AN AVERAGE OF SIX MONTHS AND A HALF A SHIPYARD WHICH MADE THE WORLD'S RECORD OF ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FOUR DAYS FROM THE LAYING OF THE KEEL TO THE DELIVERING OF A DESTROYER IT IS DIFFICULT TO GRASP THE MEANING OF THESE FIGURES DIFFICULT EVEN AFTER ONE HAS OBTAINED ENTRANCE INTO THIS CITY WITHIN A CITY AND SEEN WITH HIS OWN EYES TWENTY THOUSAND MEN TOILING LIKE TROJANS SEEN A RIVETING CREW WHICH CAN DRIVE HOME MORE THAN TWENTY EIGHT HUNDRED RIVETS IN NINE HOURS BATTLESHIPS THAT WEIGH THIRTY THOUSAND TONS A PLATE YARD PILED WITH SEAL PLATES AND STEEL BARS WORTH TWO MILLION DOLLARS CRANES THAT CAN LIFT FROM FIVE TONS UP TO OTHERS OF ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY TONS CAPACITY SINGLE BUILDINGS A THOUSAND FEET LONG AND EIGHTY FEET HIGH
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