AJC Flashback Photos: A look at the Lockheed plant in Marietta

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Flashback Photos: Marietta’s Lockheed plant through the years

Since 1912, Lockheed has been designing and manufacturing various types of aircraft. Georgia's Lockheed Martin plant has been a vital part of doing so.

Atlanta's version of 'Rosie the Riveter' works on a B-29 fuselage during World War II at the Bell Bomber Plant (now Lockheed) in Marietta. 1940s AJC file photo

The C-130J cargo plane, being built at Lockheed Martin in Marietta, will require a smaller crew, fewer parts, less fuel and less maintenance than its predecessor, the C130-H. (AJC photo/Phil Skinner)

The C-130 Hercules transport production line, which is the third-most producted transport plane, after the DC-3 and Boeing 727. (Special)

Lockhead-Georgia's reliable old workhorse, the Hercules, put on a demonstration showing how it can take a 40-foot railway-truck van in one bite. This picture was made at Marietta.

Building B-1 Production Floor (looking east), Lockheed Martin in Marietta, 1945. Photo courtesy of Marietta Museum of History.

B-29s on tarmac at Lockheed Martin in Marietta, 1947. Photo courtesy of Marietta Museum of History, Aviation Museum of Marietta, Ga.

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Atlanta's version of 'Rosie the Riveter' works on a B-29 fuselage during World War II at the Bell Bomber Plant (now Lockheed) in Marietta. 1940s AJC file photo

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