We toured one of Fords factories. The truck factory in Dearborn.
The factory is over a hundred years old and was Henry Ford’s ultimate dream: A factory where you
put iron ore (jernmalm) in at one end and got a car at the other end. Everything was produced on site.
Not so anymore, but nevertheless an amazing factory.
We saw some interesting movies about the Ford history, a gallery of old cars and last but not least got
to see a part of the factory where they are today making the F-150 Ford truck. One every minute!!
From pickup trucks to real trucks:
Saw this one on our way out of town: 11 axles !!
Detroit has been a wealthy town since the early 20th
century, because of the auto industry. However, the past many years – and especially
after the financial crisis in 2008, the American auto industry has been going
downhill. This is very evident in the downtown Detroit area.
We saw many abandoned buildings – public buildings, private
houses, industry….
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| Michigan Central Station - abandoned |
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| Abandoned house |
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| Packard Automotive Plant |
Luckily the auto industry is starting to come back, and Detroit is starting to revive. There are many new buildings going up downtown, and people are able to buy and renovate the abandoned houses. We drove through neighborhoods, where most of the houses looked kept up, and then there would be 1 or 2 that were not. We also found one area, where most of the houses looked run down or abandoned. But it looks like Detroit will be able to come back after its fall.
Written by JJ and Mary
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