A massive factory built to construct the world’s biggest airliners has its own fire department, shops, and even a nursery school..Read D / Full Original .
A factory spanning more than 472 million cubic feet is the largest building in the world – and is so big it could fit Disneyland inside. The gigantic Boeing Factory in Everett, Washington is 33% larger than its next-nearest rival, the Tesla Gigafactory, and over 5,000 wide bodied airliners have been built at Boeing’s massive factory since it opened in 1967.
The giant facility occupies an area of 98 acres. For comparison, the original Disneyland park in Anaheim, California, spans about 85 acres.
The factory was originally built because Boeing’s then-President and Chairman of the Board, William M. Allen, recognised the need for an entirely new kind of factory to build its revolutionary new 747. The ”jumbo jet” was some two-and-a-half times bigger than the largest existing airliners of the day..Read D / Full Original .