Ford Long Beach Assembly Plant

Ford Long Beach Assembly Plant Pictures Various Exterior

OVERALL SOUTH ELEVATION FROM STORAGE SHED D, SHOWING SHOP A, CRANE, SIGN STRUCTURE, AND WATER TOWER. NOTE TOWERS OF BRIDGE BEHIND PLANT.

VIEW TO WEST-SOUTHWEST ACROSS CAR TEST TRACT SITE TO NORTH END OF ASSEMBLY PLANT, SHOWING NORTH END ADDITIONS.

RAIL SPUR ENTRANCE TO NORTHEAST PART OF PLANT. VIEW TO SOUTH.

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• Long Beach Home
• Decision to Build
• Site Selection
• Physical and Environmental Setting
• Plant Site Requirements
• Contract and Purchase
• Long Beach and Ford Look Ahead
• Albert Kahn, Architect
• Take Off Toward Building
• The Opening
• The Work Place - Introduction
• The Organization
• Organizing Labor
• Labor Post World War II
• Social Affairs and Social Boundaries
• Labor Conclusions
• Technology and Process
• Pressed Steel Technology
• Assembly Floor
• Temporal and Technological Change
• Development: Depression Years
• Development: Post-War
• Plant Improvements
• The First Flood
• Sustained Production
• Demise Period
• Flood and Fire in 1956
• Last Days
• Demolition
• Impact Local and West Coast
• Regional and National Impact
• Site's Effect on the Physical Environment
• Plant Pictures