![]() ![]() The Boeing 707 final assembly building was also used to produce the Boeing 727 three-engined airliner from 1963 into the 1980s. The first production Boeing 707 was rolled out at Renton on 28 October 1957 and production continued to the last 707. ![]() When the first production Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker first flew in August 1956 from Renton it was named City of Renton. In May 1954 the prototype of what would become the Boeing 707, the Boeing 367-80, was rolled out at the Renton plant starting a long association with the production of the Boeing 707 line. 1,119 B-29s and 943 C-97s were built in the Renton plant. Renton Airport is adjacent to the Boeing Renton Factory which is a facility where Boeing 737 Next Generation and MAX airliners are built. The Everett Factory employs over 30,000 people, including its own fire department, security team, daycare center and fitness center. Across the airport to the west is The Boeing Store, a theater, and a Future of Flight Aviation Center, which runs the factory tour. The factory includes a Boeing Employees' Credit Union branch and several cafés. Over 150,000 people visit the Everett Site each year. In 1968 it began offering factory tours with the first roll out of the 747. ![]() Boeing has had an Everett presence since 1943. It purchased 780 acres north of the then little-used Paine Field, which was operated by the US Army in World War II. Plans for the factory were first announced in 1966 for it to be the site of the construction of the 747 after Boeing was awarded a US$525 million contract from Pan American World Airways to build 25 747s. This is the factory where the wide-body Boeing 747, 767, 777, and 787 are assembled. Located on the northeast corner of Paine Field, it is the largest building in the world by volume at 13,385,378 m3 and covers 399,480 m2.
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