In 1917, Renault was an industrial concern fully engaged in production for WWI, mostly small tanks. On the morning of June 13 that year, tragedy struck the great factory in Billancourt, near Paris, when an explosion-like noise shook the area at 10:10 a.m., and a cloud of dust rose over the site — Building C4 had collapsed as a result of about 100 lathes weighing 7 to 8 tons each installed on the upper floors of the premises...
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