| #1637070 in Books | Cindy Donze Manto | 2014-09-15 | 2014-09-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.25 x.31 x6.50l,.65 | File type: PDF | 128 pages | Michoud Assembly Facility Images of America||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Singing The Praises Of The Unsung|By Thomas J. Frieling|First of all, I admit that I greatly admire these Arcadia Press series that highlight places and local histories that otherwise might get by-passed by "serious" historians. This title covering a huge industrial facility--a factory--is a perfect example.
The uninitiated reader may ask--why a book about a factory?|About the Author|Cindy Donze Manto, a historian and urban planner, has assembled a compilation of photographic images, maps, and memorabilia culled from a diverse array of libraries, museums, private collections, and NASA.
After an auspicious beginning as a royal land grant from French king Louis XV to a wealthy French citizen of New Orleans in 1763, the land Michoud Assembly Facility occupies remained in private ownership until 1940, when it was sold to the US government. Prior to World War II, the site was used to grow sugar, hunt muskrat, and build railroad and telephone lines. In 1941, the world’s largest industrial site was built, covering 43 acres of unobstructed, low-humidity,...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Michoud Assembly Facility (Images of America) | Cindy Donze Manto. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!
