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rotorwrench · 03-13-2019, 01:12 PM

They would have had heavy machines on that floor so I'm not too surprised. The heavy stuff is all set on concrete in more modern machine shops but not as much back then. I've seen old belt drive machine shops that were built on bridge timbers.

The Piquette Avenue plant had assembly on the second floor so you know that they had to be pretty stout buildings. Here is some good photos from the museum in modern day.https://www.tflcar.com/2018/05/ford-...-avenue-plant/

and another: https://journal.classiccars.com/2018/09/22/the-building-of-legend-fords-
piquette-avenue-plant/

One more from You-Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcmGApho3u4

03-13-2019, 01:12 PM	#14
rotorwrench Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 16,440	Re: Who Designed And Built The Ford 1904 Model B Car & Engine ? They would have had heavy machines on that floor so I'm not too surprised. The heavy stuff is all set on concrete in more modern machine shops but not as much back then. I've seen old belt drive machine shops that were built on bridge timbers. The Piquette Avenue plant had assembly on the second floor so you know that they had to be pretty stout buildings. Here is some good photos from the museum in modern day.https://www.tflcar.com/2018/05/ford-...-avenue-plant/ and another: https://journal.classiccars.com/2018/09/22/the-building-of-legend-fords- piquette-avenue-plant/ One more from You-Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcmGApho3u4 Last edited by rotorwrench; 03-13-2019 at 01:21 PM.