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The American Center is a high-rise tower in the Metro Detroit suburb of Southfield, Michigan, built in 1975 as the corporate headquarters for the automaker American Motors Corporation (AMC), which was subsequently acquired by Chrysler Corporation in 1987. [2] The building is located adjacent to Interstate 696, M-10, and US 24 interchange.
Essex logo 1919 Essex Essex racecars on display in Salt Lake City, 1920 1920 Essex at the Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum 1928 Essex Super Six (New Zealand). The Essex was a brand of automobile produced by the Essex Motor Company between 1918 and 1922, and by Hudson Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan between 1922 and 1933.
Durant-Dort Factory One. General Motors traces its roots to the Durant-Dort Carriage Company of Flint named after William C. Durant and Josiah Dallas Dort, and purchased the original Durant-Dort factory (built in 1880 as a woolen mill) on Water Street in May 2013 (and the Durant-Dort office, a National Historic Landmark across the street, as well). [2]
The 4,000,000-square-foot (370,000 m 2) plant opened in 1905 as part of the large Buick Motor Company facilities in Flint. The Factory 36 building was completed in 1951 and had 1,130,000 sq ft (105,000 m 2) of floor area, producing both V8 and V6 engines. [1]
Flint East was an automobile component production complex owned by Delphi Corporation in Flint, Michigan.The complex, parts of which were over 100 years old, was located on Dort Highway, stretching along Robert T. Longway Boulevard past Center Road.
1975 New York City teachers strike: 1975 New York City: 63,000 [60] 1960 General Electric strike: 1960 nationwide 63,100 [33] 1980 Petroleum strike: 1980 nationwide 62,000 [4] 1949 Ford Motor Michigan strike: 1949 Michigan: 61,900 [62] 1975 Bituminous coal strike: 1975 60,000 [63] 1953 California construction strike: 1953 Northern and Central ...
Auburn Hills is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A northern suburb of Detroit, Auburn Hills is located about 26 miles (42 km) north of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 24,360. [7] Auburn Hills is home to Oakland University and the U.S. headquarters of Stellantis, PHINIA, BorgWarner and ...
The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) was founded in 1905 as an anti-capitalist labor union. [1] [2] Compared to the American Federation of Labor, the IWW was more radical and militant in its actions, and during the early 1900s was involved in several large labor strikes, such as the 1912 Lawrence textile strike and the 1913 Paterson silk strike. [1]