The story
The world's largest boat-manufacturing plant under one roof, where 12,000 D-Day landing craft and 200 PT boats were built.
Everything that was here
- 1941–1945
Higgins Industries City Park Plant SiteFactory
The world's largest boat-manufacturing plant under one roof, where 12,000 D-Day landing craft and 200 PT boats were built.
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