Charles Sorensen

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3 mentions 1 recordings first heard Apr 2026 last heard 21 Apr ↑3 vs the 12 months before

Ford production chief who designed the Willow Run assembly line

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UnknownBoring History for Sleep · The Giant WW2 Factories of the United States — The War Fac... · 21:46 · 21 Apr
…The Rouge River complex in Dearborn, which Sorensen oversaw, employed 100,000 workers and could produce 10,000 cars a day.…
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UnknownBoring History for Sleep · The Giant WW2 Factories of the United States — The War Fac... · 21:24 · 21 Apr
…Sorensen was 60 years old at the time, a hard-driving production man who had helped design the original moving assembly line at Ford's Highland Park plant back in 1913.…
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UnknownBoring History for Sleep · The Giant WW2 Factories of the United States — The War Fac... · 21:11 · 21 Apr
…The story begins in January 1941, when Ford Motor Company executive Charles Sorenson travelled to San Diego to tour the facilities of Consolidated Aircraft, which was producing the B-24 Liberator heavy bomber.…
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