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Originally Posted by Jim Brierley
updraught, thanks for sending the link. I had to laugh when I read "Ford pioneered the production line, so it's little surprise each factory was a 'cookie cutter' design. That even meant Australian plants had roof beams designed to handle six-feet of snow so required in Detroit." I worked for LAPD for almost 10 years, they built a new vehicle maintenance facility at the Wilshire Division. It was nice except for he fact that you couldn't close the door with a car on the lift. So ... they built 3 more shops to the same spec, and had to modify each one to be workable! We Yanks don't seem to learn from history!
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Reported in more recent times:
"Industry sources said Aldi planned to build a 50,000 square metre distribution centre at the site, its second in NSW, and was now shopping for a builder.
.... The specifications for the new facility will be interesting. Some of the features in Aldi's enormous purpose-built distribution centre at Derrimut in Melbourne's west raised eyebrows - particularly the roof, which it built to withstand six metres of snow."
1930 Ford dealer here on the left
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