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Originally a Chalmers plant in 1916, then Maxwell-Chalmers, then Chrysler Canada in 1925. Became Windsor Plant 1. Converted to truck production in 1931 until 1978 and then idled; from 1980 to 1983 serving as the Imperial Quality Assurance Center then closed. Windsor Engine: Windsor, Ontario: 1938: 1980: Inline 6 and V8 engines: Also called ...
The Dodge Factory, or "Dodge Main" as it became known, occupied 67 acres (0.27 km 2) on the edge of the village of Hamtramck, which is surrounded by the city of Detroit. [6] Plant 4, on Conant Avenue, was separated only from the main plant structures by a railroad right-of-way, which was also the boundary line between the two cities.
This photo from Jan., 16, 1937, shows strikers just before they left the Cadillac plant during a strike against General Motors. ... UAW workers parade out of the Dodge Main plant in Hamtramck ...
Dodge Main Plant. Hamtramck, Michigan with parts overlapping into Detroit, Michigan: Dodge cars 1910 [8] 1980-01-04 [9] First plant organized by the United Automobile Workers Union. Home of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers in the 1960s. Demolished 1981.
Both the Congress of Industrial Organizations and the American Federation of Labor had each chartered a labor union for auto workers, both named the UAW. The UAW-CIO met in Cleveland, representing 370,000 members, and elected R. J. Thomas, who was a former Chrysler worker and the former Vice President of the UAW-AFL union.
In 1990 Chrysler began cleanup and demolition of the old plant and built a new factory on the site ("New Mack"). [2] The factory floor space covers 1,400,000 square feet (130,000 m 2). [3] It was the original production site for the Dodge Viper, from 1992 to 1995 when the Viper moved to Conner Avenue Assembly.
Passenger vehicle production at the Lakefront and Kenosha Main plants was discontinued on 23 December 1988 (or mid-model year 1989). These were the L-Body Dodge Omni and Plymouth Horizon FWD models, as well as the M-body RWD sedans, Chrysler Fifth Avenue, Dodge Diplomat, and Plymouth Fury. The facility was downsized and continued to manufacture ...
HARTFORD, Wis. (WFRV) – A manufacturing plant in southeastern Wisconsin will close its doors early next year, leading to the layoff of over 110 employees. ALCOM, a trailer production company ...