DW Image # 173: Men working, machine shop, plant 1, circa 1918

Wooden parts production at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company Plant 1. Dayton-Wright Airplane Company employees work on manufacturing wooden parts for aircraft production at Plant 1. The photograph shows the employees of Dayton-Wright using woodworking tools to shape and form the parts needed to build the aircraft, circa 1918. Carts full of lumber and other materials are visible around the scene. Completed pieces are stacked near the work stations. The title of the negative is "The Dayton Wright Airplane Co. Dayton, Ohio Plant No. 1."