<i>A Merlin Is Made- the Production of Merlin Engines at a Rolls Royce Factory, 1942</i><br>
A wide view of the Crank Case assembly bay at this aircraft engine factory, somewhere in Britain.  In the foreground, the cylinder studs are being fitted.  These will hold the cylinder in place.
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29580638" class="extiw" title="d:Q29580638"><span title="photographer">Richard Stone</span></a>
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1942
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