  Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 863 Registered: 11-2005 |
I got a postcard today of the Morgan & Wright Building in Detroit. I'd never heard of it, and a Google scan found only that the Auto Show was hosted there in the early 1920s. Does anyone know anything about it? I'm most interested in knowing where it was. I don't have any city directories, and it isn't listed in Ferry's "Buildings of Detroit." Any help would be appreciated. | ||
Mikem Member Username: Mikem Post Number: 3448 Registered: 10-2003 |
Is it the Morgan & Wright tire factory (Uniroyal) on E Jefferson? | ||
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker Post Number: 1879 Registered: 04-2005 |
M&W > U.S. Rubber > Uniroyal. I don't know if they had offices in another building Downtown, or on Jefferson. | ||
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker Post Number: 1880 Registered: 04-2005 |
I did some searching on the net, didn't find any other address, but I did find this photo of a Lima Shay locomotive that Morgan & Wright had at that plant.  | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 865 Registered: 11-2005 |
Here's a link to the picture of the postcard: http://s152.photobucket.com/al bums/s164/rhymeswithrawk/Detro it%20postcards/Buildings/?acti on=view¤t=morgan.jpg | ||
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker Post Number: 1881 Registered: 04-2005 |
That's the plant at 6600 E. Jefferson and E Grand Blvd. Here's an aerial photo of it from 1931, taken for the boat races.  wsu/vmc | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 867 Registered: 11-2005 |
Ahh. I see it now. Postcard didn't have the rest of the action around it, so it didn't LOOK like a factory. Thanks a lot! | ||
Xd_brklyn Member Username: Xd_brklyn Post Number: 285 Registered: 10-2003 |
Hornwrecker, that's an unusual photo. It looks like a composed industrial photo where the right-hand side has been drawn in. Hard to tell from this scan. Still, interesting. (Message edited by xD_Brklyn on August 18, 2007) | ||
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker Post Number: 1882 Registered: 04-2005 |
I think that the loco photo was taken for a Lima Locomotive Works publicity thing. You see a lot of photos where the locomotive was retouched, and the background was left alone, making the whole photo look weird. Maybe it looked better when it was printed. Rhymeswithrawk, those postcard photos have only a small tie to reality; trying to make that foul smelling, smoke spewing place look idyllic. I'm surprised that it wasn't put in a meadow with wild flowers and frolicking milk maidens. | ||
Patrick Member Username: Patrick Post Number: 4816 Registered: 10-2003 |
Ah, now I know why that site near Belle Isle is so polluted. I never fully knew just how big the Uni plant was until now. Thanks for posting the pic! | ||
Jasoncw Member Username: Jasoncw Post Number: 429 Registered: 07-2005 |
I never really knew anything about the Uniroyal site. It's too bad the main building was demolished. Does anyone have more pictures? |
