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Boeing going to the max for their 737 Max

By DOMINIC GATES THE SEATTLE TIMES

Posted: July 15, 2012 at 3:15 a.m.

DEAN RUTZ
Credit: McClatchy Newspapers
Boeing’s plant in Renton, Wash., has two assembly lines for the aircraft manufacturer’s workhorse 737, including the No. 1 line shown here. Boeing plans to make space for a third line to assemble its 737 Max airplane.

The new mall and residential buildings facing Boeing’s 737 assembly plant in Renton, Wash., stand as a reminder that a decade ago the company sloughed off excess land, and city officials made contingency plans for a possible future with no jet plant.

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