Author : Michael Branigan
Publisher : Landmarks
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 1609494342
A History of Chicago's O'Hare Airport by Michael Branigan Pdf
In 1942, a stretch of Illinois prairie that had served as a battleground and a railroad depot became the site of a major manufacturing plant, producing Douglas C-54 Skymasters for World War II. Less than twenty years later, that plot of land boasted the biggest and busiest airport in the world. Many of the millions who have since passed through it have likely only regarded it as a place between cities.