According to a write up on the Port Washington Library local history section, Republic Aviation Corporation opened a plant in Port Washington to meet the demand of orders from the U.S. government for its airplanes.

 

Exterior Plant #2 , Port Washington. Photo: Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City, NY.

The company needed the facilities “to manufacture wings for its F84F Thunderstreak and RF-84F and F-105 jet fighter bombers.  Employing over 3,000 people, 10% of them were Port Washington residents.”

 

Shoreline silo & building, Port Washington. Photo: Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City, NY.

The abandoned and dilapidated Republic hangar was demolished In 1994, according to a Port Washington Aviation History website.

 

Distant view of Plant #2 & Port Washington hangar. Photo: Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City, NY.