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Industry: Ford Mack Avenue Plant, Detroit, MI
Operated fom 1903. This was their first factory which was rented. The building was located on the Detroit Belt Line branch of the Michigan Central at Mack Avenue. It was the first factory of Ford Motor, and replaced by the Piquette Plant. There is a replica at Greeenfield Village. The builiding burned down in 1941.
Photo info: The Mack Avenue plant in the early 1900's. [Detroit News photo]
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Bibliography
The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:
- [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
- [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
- [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
- [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
- [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI
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