Cleveland Casting Plant
 

Back in the day 15,000 workers made some very fine engines here... The plant was torn down and sold for scrap.. No Pride.... :(

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Saw a video of Model A blocks, being poured while moving along on a conveyor, FRIGGIN' AMAZING! ! !
Bill W.

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Didn't realize they tore it down, I worked there for two years, project engineer. My responsibilities were in the pouring area but a lot of mornings I'd arrive early and walk the core room. It was amazing to see all of the cores in V-8 and how they are held in place prior to the top of the mold being put on. The pouring floor was scary the first couple weeks I was there. Hot metal pouring out of cupolas and then being transferred to cars that ran on overhead rails, then pouring into the individual ladles. You had hot iron being poured on either side of you as you walked down the aisle. Lasting memories.

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Back in the day if the 4 stacks were a smokin, you knew the economy was hitting on all cylinders... Now just empty... I guess the end of cast iron blocks was the end of the plant. Oh and the Cleveland Casting plant opened in 1955 so Cleveland V8 blocks were cast there.

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I got to tour the place back around 2003/4. My current iron foundry's owner knew the plant manager and we got to look around. They were cranking out V-8s one every 39 seconds. It was nice to see that they cast theirs the same way I do my V-8s.

Tod

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It's really sad to see what's happened to all the factories in this country. The Twin Cities Ford Plant was torn down just a year ago. I'd toured it three times over the years, and on the last tour I had a feeling the end was near because you could see the paint inside the building wasn't being maintained. Makes me wonder what would happen if we suddenly needed production for a war like WWII.

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My 2 cents... I toured the plant in the last 1990s. You could not pay me enough to work in those conditions.. Those who worked there truly busted butt just breathing the 110F + air and the amazing LOUD noise level.

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Im proud to say I worked in that plant for 43 years and loved it. Yes it was hot dirty and nasty. That's what a foundry is supposed to be like.Anyway I made a great living there and thankful that FORD built it there. Sad its gone though.