Boeing Breaks Ground On South Carolina Plant Friday

  NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Work has officially started on building Boeing’s $750 million aircraft assembly plant in South Carolina - the largest industrial investment in state history.
    Officials scooped ceremonial shovels full of dirt Friday at the site near the Charleston International Airport where Boeing will assemble its 787 jetliners.
    The company last month chose North Charleston over Everett, Wash., for the assembly plant, but Boeing’s commercial airplane division president Jim Albaugh says the new plant should still more jobs to Washington, too.
    The North Charleston plant is expected to create 3,800 jobs within seven years and construction will mean another 2,000 jobs.
    Boeing received an incentive package from South Carolina of up to $170 million.
  The factory is scheduled to open in the summer of 2011.
  The domino effect will help the Upstate economy too. As News Channel 7 has been reporting, CMC South Carolina Steel in Taylors will become a subcontractor for Boeing. The company will be supplying materials. 
  CMC said the project will involve more than 200,000 labor hours.