| Packard Plant in 1956 Guest Packard Factory Exterior 04/26/2006 17:19 5289 0 10.00 (1 vote)Rate this Image
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| Early view of Packard plant, about 1910 Mr.Pushbutton Packard Factory Exterior 03/16/2007 11:25 3416 0 0.00 (0 votes)Rate this Image
Early view of plant, the bridge over the boulevard was added in the late 30's, would be in the foreground of this view |
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| early view of Packard plant Mr.Pushbutton Packard Factory Exterior 03/16/2007 11:27 3550 0 0.00 (0 votes)Rate this Image
looking at the corner of East Grand Boulevard and Concorde streets |
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| Briggs mfg. Conner plant Mr.Pushbutton Packard Factory Exterior 07/23/2007 9:53 4510 0 0.00 (0 votes)Rate this Image
This is a new (to us) shot of the Briggs manufacturing plant, which was built to manufacture aircraft parts for WWII. Briggs later moved Packard auto body production there, and (as you probably know) Packard moved final assembly there for the 1955-'56 model years. This photo is from the Wayne State Universtity's Virtual Motor City collection. |
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| East Grand Blvd 2007 John Penrice Packard Factory Exterior 10/08/2007 18:57 3803 0 0.00 (0 votes)Rate this Image
I visited the Packard factory on October 7, 2007. This is a view of the front of the offices from across East Grand Blvd. It's not hard to imagine what an incredible structure this was in its day. |
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| Main Entrance 2007 John Penrice Packard Factory Exterior 10/08/2007 18:58 3350 0 0.00 (0 votes)Rate this Image
Here's the main entrance as it looks in October 2007. |
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| Concord Street 2007 John Penrice Packard Factory Exterior 10/08/2007 19:04 3629 0 0.00 (0 votes)Rate this Image
This view down Concord Street gives an idea of just how huge the Packard complex is. |
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| Packard Factory 2007 John Penrice Packard Factory Exterior 10/08/2007 19:06 3638 1 0.00 (0 votes)Rate this Image
This shot was taken from behind the office building on East Grand Blvd. This one also shows the massive size of the plant. |
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| Packard Plant For Sale! John Penrice Packard Factory Exterior 10/08/2007 22:40 3671 0 0.00 (0 votes)Rate this Image
Yes, it's true - the Packard factory/corporate headquarters is for sale! You can own a 3,500,000 square foot piece of Packard history for a mere $13,000,000! |
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| Secondary office entrance tim hemingway Packard Factory Exterior 10/21/2008 19:16 2429 0 0.00 (0 votes)Rate this Image
This was taken in August 2008. This was not the main front door to the plant, but the one at the East end of the building. This one and the main entrance have now both been removed. the main entrance was sold to the Packard museum in Ohio. I don't know what happened to this one. |
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