  Steelworker Member Username: Steelworker Post Number: 995 Registered: 02-2004 |
Where can someone learn all about dodge main factory in hamtramck. Where was it, when did it close, what or was it replaced. Any information would be nice | ||
Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 6395 Registered: 10-2003 |
Search through here: https://www.atdetroit.net/forum/mes sages/5/38415.html?1190905049 You'll find more information than you ever wanted. | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 1806 Registered: 12-2005 |
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ query/S?pp/hh:@FIELD(ALTTITLE+@od1(+dodge+main+)) (sorry this isn't working as a complete link, probably due to my igorance, cut and paste it into your browser) everything you wanted to know and more. It was between Jos Compau and Conant at about Clay, it closed at the end of the 1980 model year and was demolished along with other industrial, commercial, church and residential property to make way for the GM Poletown plant to be built. There have been many threads here on the subject, MikeM? Mikeg? Hornwrecker? | ||
Mikeg Member Username: Mikeg Post Number: 1202 Registered: 12-2005 |
Click here to view a listing of all the Old Car Factories threads, archived and current. I think that Dodge Main is covered on threads 3 and 8. | ||
Steelworker Member Username: Steelworker Post Number: 996 Registered: 02-2004 |
Wow I never knew it was at the site of the current detroit hamtramck plant. lot smaller land usage than now. Also they cut off jos campau and st. aubin. The neighborhood they destroyed almost would fit on the area they use for parking now. Thank you. | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 1807 Registered: 12-2005 |
Old plants built UP, new (WWII and newer) build OUT. | ||
Steelworker Member Username: Steelworker Post Number: 997 Registered: 02-2004 |
off my topic a little anyone know how much share hamtramck get from the taxes paid by GM on the poletown plant? | ||
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13 Post Number: 2486 Registered: 10-2003 |
The car companies found that plants built on one level operate more efficiently than the old multi-level factories (which were built after the New England mill model). Hence the move to suburban greenspace for the new factories after WW II (by that time, Detroit had very few large acreages on which to build). The exodus of factory operations from the city to the suburbs -- and the exodus of jobs that went along with that -- might be the single biggest factor in the story of Detroit's decline. | ||
Crystal Member Username: Crystal Post Number: 37 Registered: 05-2007 |
I love this forum. | ||
Dodgemain Member Username: Dodgemain Post Number: 176 Registered: 04-2005 |
http://www.angelfire.com/de2/d etroitpix/Hamtramck.html There are 300 pics of Dodgemain in here. Go to Hamtramck links/ dogemain | ||
Steelworker Member Username: Steelworker Post Number: 998 Registered: 02-2004 |
what an amazing office entrance photo. | ||
Lefty2 Member Username: Lefty2 Post Number: 239 Registered: 07-2007 |
NOW 7:30 on TV - History Channel - detroit, engines, modern marvels (Message edited by lefty2 on October 02, 2007) | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 3407 Registered: 12-2005 |
Thanks, Lefty2! From http://www.history.com: quote: | ||
Burnsie Member Username: Burnsie Post Number: 1168 Registered: 11-2003 |
Far and away the best source for Dodge Main pix: http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ query Type "hamtramck" into the "search this collection" box, and you'll find 313 hi-res B&W photos, interiors and exteriors, taken by the Historic American Buildings Survey just prior to demolition. There are even shots of the executive offices. There is also an excellent text section that gives a comprehensive historical overview of the plant. |
