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- Jan 1, 196750% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Boeing Completes Its Everett Factory, the World's Largest Building
- Boeing's Everett factory in Washington, north of Paine Field, was built in 1967 for the 747 and later expanded for the 767, 777 and 787[2]
- The main building covers 98.3 acres and 472,370,319 cubic feet (13.4 million m3), the world's largest by volume per Guinness[2]
- It has six production lines, 26 overhead cranes and six hangar doors 82 ft tall[2]
- The complex is about 1,000 acres with up to 200 buildings and 30,000 workers as of 2022; more than 5,000 widebody aircraft have been built there[2]
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- [1]50%youtube.com/watch?v=vyA9wnXAys0youtube.com· Posted Sep 15, 2026· Starts Jan 1, 1967 ✓· 50% of score
Wikipedia[2] and multiple aviation histories date the Everett Factory's completion to 1967, but do not give an exact completion day.
- [2]85%Boeing Everett Factory - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 15, 2026· 50% of score
Wikipedia confirms the Everett Factory's 1967 completion and its status as the world's largest building by volume, matching the documentary's own narration about the plant.
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