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2/13/2012 - Spotlight: Anderson Plant Lighted the Way For GIs
For nearly 80 years, the General Motors Guide Lamp Division in Anderson, Indiana, was a bustling metropolis, employing more than 6,000 at its peacetime peak. Guide was responsible for the design of the interior and exterior lights for GM vehicles, and the employees were proud to be master builders of lamps. Then, the Army came knocking at the door.
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1/16/2012 - Spotlight: From Red Brick Factory Walls to Golf Course Green
The 88-acre Hyatt Clark Industries site manufactured hard rubber products and other equipment for cars, trucks and trains from 1938 to 1987. Today, although still owned by RACER Trust, the site has moved on from its manufacturing past and is enjoying a second life as Hyatt Hills Golf Complex, a public golf facility.
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12/8/2011 - Spotlight: Syracuse Industrial PowerPark - From Parts To Multi-Manufacturing
On any given workday, 500 people travel to the former GM plant in Syracuse to start their day. But they’re not making automotive parts. Instead, these individuals are employed by 15 businesses now leasing space in the 827,000-square-foot plant, now repurposed into the Salina Industrial PowerPark.
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10/12/2011 - Spotlight: Ewing Plant Built Avenger Bombers
The Eastern Aircraft Division of General Motors built its first Avenger Bomber on the Delphi Trenton Industrial Land, an 80-acre parcel on Parkway Avenue in Ewing Township in central New Jersey.
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9/13/2011 - Spotlight: Rosie the Riveter Worked at Willow Run
The real World War II icon "Rosie the Riveter" worked at Willow Run, building B-24 "Liberator" bombers at the famous facility in the 1940s. Read her story here
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