Desoto (Detroit, Michigan)

USA / Michigan / Melvindale / Detroit, Michigan

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The factory was built by the Saxon Motor Co who went broke (before even using the place?), sold it to GM which used it to make Buick-Liberty engines for WWI aircraft, and later for Scripps-Booth (until 1922) and later the LaSalle marque of Cadillac. Chrysler bought the plant in around 1936 for DeSoto until 1958 when it became a glass plant.

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Coordinates: 42°20'0"N 83°9'18"W

former Chrysler Universal Division 1 km
American Blower 2.1 km
Site of Ford Dearborn Car Assembly Plant 2.6 km
Pressed Steel Building 3 km
Foundry 3 km
Axle Plant 3.1 km
Aircraft Building 3.3 km
Massey Ferguson - Transmission & Axle Plant 4.2 km
Wayne County Community College 4.8 km
Massey Ferguson - Detroit Tractor Plant 8.1 km

McGraw Glass Plant
Ford Drive-In 0.4 km
Allied Automotive Group 0.5 km
Dearborn Steel Center 0.8 km
I-94 MI Exit 210A: US-12 (Michigan Avenue), Wyoming Avenue 0.9 km
Kenwal Steel (former Chrysler Desoto Warren Plant) 1 km
Wolverine Oil Supply 1 km
Romanowski Park 1.3 km
Chadsey 1.5 km
Southwest Detroit 3.8 km

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McGraw Glass Plant Ford Drive-In Allied Automotive Group Dearborn Steel Center I-94 MI Exit 210A: US-12 (Michigan Avenue), Wyoming Avenue Kenwal Steel (former Chrysler Desoto Warren Plant) Wolverine Oil Supply Romanowski Park Chadsey Southwest Detroit