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US Army Detroit Arsenal, 2013. Chrysler's construction effort at the plant in 1941 was one of the fastest on record. [3] The first tanks rumbled out of the plant before its complete construction. [4] During World War II, the Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant built a quarter of the 89,568 tanks produced in the U.S. overall. The plant made M3 Lee tanks ...
Warren Transmission was a General Motors automotive factory in Warren, Michigan, that manufactured propulsion transmissions.It was located at 23500 Mound Road and opened in 1941 as a Navy ordnance plant, built and operated by the Hudson Motor Car Company, predecessor of American Motors Corporation. [1]
The Demobilized Personnel Records Center (DPRC) was an installation of the United States Army which operated in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1945 to 1956.The facility was housed in the former Goodfellow ordnance plant in St. Louis [1] and became the central repository for all service records of discharged (but originally not retired) service members of the United States Army.
The rapid transformation of Michigan's industrial might from the production of automobiles to the production of airplanes, tanks, and guns. New plant construction included Ford's $18 million dollar Willow Run bomber plant in Ypsilanti, [4] the Chrysler Tank Arsenal in Warren, [5] and the $20 million Hudson Naval Ordnance Plant in Center Line.
After 1956, the plant was used to build Cadillac limousine bodies; GM closed the plant in 1984. [19] After GM left, several paint companies used the building; it closed for good in 1994. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] In 1999, as a result of unpaid property taxes, the building became the property of the City of Detroit and was re-addressed as 6051 Hastings Street.
GM's Renaissance Center in Detroit on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. In the run-up to GM's 2009 bankruptcy, the U.S auto task force overseeing the restructuring considered having GM leave the RenCen.
The Schaap Center for Performing Arts, which is being built in Grosse Pointe Park at its western border with Detroit, has caused quite a ruckus, including a lawsuit earlier this year and a ...
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