Packard Motors - Part 1
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The Packard Plant is less than a mile from the GM Poletown Plant. Wouldn't it have been great if GM re-used the Packard Plant?
My grandfather worked here.
More Packard Plant.
My grandfather followed his Clipper down the line.
More Packard Plant. Click here for a panoramic shot.
He made sure every bolt and nut was properly torqued.
This part of the Packard Plant was used as an Arlans Department Store.
That would've been cool to shop here
An old grocery store across from the Packard Plant.
Remember A and P Grocery Store???
The still active Packard Motel next door to the Packard Plant.
5 bucks a nite???
An old catwalk that once connected the Packard Plant.
Remember this catwalk??
The side of the Packard Plant.
This factory is HUGE!!!
An old factory up the road on Chene Street from the Packard Plant.
LOTS of SPACE for rent!!!
Another shot of the factory up the road from Packard.
Closed to remake/remodel
A shot of the back of the Packard Plant.
Closed for a LONG LONG TIME
A shot of the canyons of the Packard Plant.
I can hear the echoes...
Another angle...
...of a long lost generation...
An old house behind the Packard Plant.
Now this doesn't require plowing down, now does it?