Re: Met a Ford worker
My Dad was an engineer for Western Electric in Kearny, NJ. The plant was in the Jersey meadows (Today, Meadowlands) Right next to the old Ford Mod. A factory on Fishhouse road. This was near the Pulaski sky way. The Jersey Meadows was a very interesting place.
My Father in law Remembered driving a horse drawn moving van through the Holland tunnel when it was first built. His father liked horses too much too switch the entire company over to gas power. Besides, The horses were great with the men. They could come home late, stop in the gin mill around the corner. When they passed out , the barman would have them placed on the back of the wagon, untie the team and send them home. The horses knew the way and they would wake up, in the yard. Ready to go to work in the morning. Can't get a DUI that way!
Terry
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