International Harvester produced refrigerators in the former Republic Aviation plant between 1946-1956; Whirlpool was the next occupant of the building (Whirlpool Collection)

View of the plant, looking east/southeast; ca. 1946

Empty acreage in foreground (south of the Evansville airport, center) is the site where the Republic Aviation Corporation was built in 1942; in the years after World War II, the plant was used by other industries, including Whirlpool, which vacated the premises in 2010 (Whirlpool Collection)

View of vacated Republic Aviation plant (looking south/southeast) months after World War II ended; the vacant lot in the foreground was where the plant’s aircraft was parked. The Evansville airport is visible in the lower left (Whirlpool Collection)

Detail of plant on Highway 41; c. 1970s (Whirlpool Collection)

Main entrance to plant; c. 1956-1960 (Whirlpool Collection)

View of main entrance and office building; c. 1956-1960 (Whirlpool Collection)

View of Whirlpool plant, looking northeast; airport runway visible in upper left, and Sunset Memorial cemetery is in upper right; c. 1960 (Whirlpool Collection)

View of Whirlpool plant, looking north; c. 1956-1960 (Whirlpool Collection)

View of Whirlpool plant, looking northeast; c. 1956-1960 (Whirlpool Collection)

Whirlpool plant; c. early 1960s (Whirlpool Collection)

Main entrance to Whirlpool offices and plant; c. 1970 (Whirlpool Collection)

Construction of addition to the Whirlpool plant; photo dated August 7, 1956 (Whirlpool Collection)

Construction of addition to the Whirlpool plant, looking west towards Highway 41; photo dated August 2, 1956 (Whirlpool Collection)

Plant at Columbia St. and Evans Ave. (former Briggs Indiana Corporation building); c. 1960s (Whirlpool Collection)

View looking north/northwest; Columbia St. is in the foreground; c. late 1950s-early 1960s (Whirlpool Collection)

View looking north from Columbia St. (foreground); Evans Ave. visible at left; c. 1960 (Whirlpool Corporation)

Morgan Ave. at Baker St.; photo dated April 23, 1963 (Koch Studio 110-114)

Morgan Ave. at Baker St.; photo dated April 23, 1963 (Koch Studio 110-114)

Morgan Ave. at Baker St.; photo dated April 23, 1963 (Koch Studio 110-114)

Morgan Ave. at Baker St.; photo dated April 23, 1963 (Koch Studio 110-114)

Morgan Ave. at Baker St.; photo dated April 23, 1963 (Koch Studio 110-114)

Morgan Ave. building that housed Whirlpool-Seeger companies, which merged in 1955; the name Seeger was dropped in 1957 (Whirlpool Collection)

Plant on Morgan Ave. at Read St.; Garvin Park is in the background, and the Union Stockyards are at the center right; c. 1950s (Whirlpool Collection)

View of plant and Union Stockyards, looking towards east/southeast; Read St. is in the foreground, and Baker Ave. runs across top of photo; c. 1950s (Whirlpool Collection)

View of plant and Union Stockyards, looking south/southeast; Read St. is at the right, intersecting with Morgan Ave.; c. 1950s (Whirlpool Collection)

Whirlpool employees gauging rotor blades for compressors; c. 1950s (Whirlpool Collection)

Whirlpool employees sanding interiors of compressor housings; c. 1950s (Whirlpool Collection)

Morgan Ave. machine shop; c. 1950s (Whirlpool Collection)

Morgan Ave. plant; c. 1950s (Whirlpool Collection)

Franklin Street plant, formerly Servel, Inc.; c. 1970 (Whirlpool Collection)

View of the plant, looking east; Franklin St. visible at the left; c. 1970 (Whirlpool Collection)

Building at Kentucky Ave. and Franklin St.; photo dated April 30, 1966 (Whirlpool Collection)

View of plant, looking west; Kentucky Ave. is in foreground, and Franklin St. is at the right; c. 1970 (Whirlpool Collection)

View of the plant, looking south/southwest; Canal St. runs diagonally through top left, Franklin St. is visible in foreground, and Kentucky Ave. is at far left; c. 1970 (Whirlpool Collection)