Re: Old Assembly Plant Sites-still operating

Posted by John Cannon on December 24, 1997 at 07:48:05

In Reply to: Old Assembly Plant Sites
posted by John Icenhower on December 23, 1997 at 14:24:27

: Steve Bonham's post regarding the site of the San Francisco (Richmond) assembly plant got me to thinking (I realize that is probably dangerous).How many of the assembly plants that were used for Model A production still exist?Few, if any, are probably still Ford sites but it would be interesting to know where these are for side trips when you were in the area.
: I know there is an old Model T plant just off of I-30 on the east side of downtown Dallas (known as the Adam's Hat building, it has a water tower on the roof that used to say "Adam's Hats") and I suppose the Grand Avenue plant southeast (?) of downtown was the Dallas Model A assembly site since it was used up thru the seventies or late sixties (time passes). Maybe this could be added to the data base of assembly plants....just a thought...
: How about it, anyone know where their local plant was located?
: John
The Ford Assembly Plant located in Norfolk, Va. was used to produce the Model T, Model A and so on.It is still in operation as a Ford assembly plant producing Ford full size pickups on 2 assembly lines.
It is open for tours ocassionally.This makes a good side trip to all who would like to see the wonders of modern robotic production and think what it must have been like when humans did all of the work.

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