A sad day: Packard plant production line bridge collapses

[christophe]

https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2019/01/24/packard-plant-production-line-bridge-collapses/?refer=news

[showbizkid]

Buildings, like people, decay if not attended to

[8E45E]

Yes, mentioned here: http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.c...-in-a-good-way

A building can last 1000+ years if attended to, people cannot last anywhere near that long regardless how well they are attended to.

Craig

[WinM1895]

The spokesperson for Arte Express said this was a pedestrian bridge. The news media picked up on it, is repeating it.

Geez Louise, how stupid a statement is this, especially by a guy hired by the Peruvian owner of the plant.

There's a pic on the net that shows a long line of 1938 or 1939 Packard 110/120's moving across the bridge from one plant to other.

The last car assembled at East Grand was a 1954 Clipper. 1955/56's were assembled at a plant that Packard rented from Chrysler that bought Briggs in 1953.

[sweetolbob]

The spokesperson for Arte Express said this was a pedestrian bridge. The news media picked up on it, is repeating it.

Geez Louise, how stupid a statement is this, especially by a guy hired by the Peruvian owner of the plant.

There's a pic on the net that shows a long line of 1938 or 1939 Packard 110/120's moving across the bridge from one plant to other.

The last car assembled at East Grand was a 1954 Clipper. 1955/56's were assembled at a plant that Packard rented from Chrysler that bought Briggs in 1953.

Art Express called and said there hasn't been a car on that bridge since the mid-50's, there however have been uncounted pedestrians since then. Packard couldn't be reached for comment. By definition - A pedestrian bridge.

[8E45E]

The spokesperson for Arte Express said this was a pedestrian bridge.

There's a pic on the net that shows a long line of 1938 or 1939 Packard 110/120's moving across the bridge from one plant to other.

That photo has been posted on the AACA Forum:https://forums.aaca.org/topic/321444...es-in-detroit/

I suppose for over half its life it was nothing more than a "pedestrian bridge". Its intended use disappeared when Studebaker-Packard shut down its Detroit operations.

Craig

[WinM1895]

Art Express called and said there hasn't been a car on that bridge since the mid-50's, there however have been uncounted pedestrians since then. Packard couldn't be reached for comment. By definition - A pedestrian bridge.

What pedestrians might these be? All the scrappers, derelicts, and etc people that toured the plant for whatever reasons.

A photographer, who calls himself nail head, took a gazillion pics in/out and all around the plant. I found him and pics on Google Earth.

[christophe]

A photographer, who calls himself nail head, took a gazillion pics in/out and all around the plant. I found him and pics on Google Earth.

Nail head? He should take pictures of the Buick factory. But, as the Flint plant has been torn down, I assume he had no other choice.

[DEEPNHOCK]

(opinion)

Probably had the pedestrian label attached for legal, or DOT reasons.
In reality, it should have been torn down decades ago.
Amazing to see all the waxing nostalgic about a building abandoned about 70 years ago.
Amazing to see all the talk about that property getting developed in a city that over 20% of its houses abandoned.

[sweetolbob]

Nail head? He should take pictures of the Buick factory. But, as the Flint plant has been torn down, I assume he had no other choice.

Actually it's Nailhed and he has been photographing abandoned sites and buildings for many years. In fact, he's a bit of a legend in Michigan and his site is among my favorites. Set back, relax and enjoy hours of exploration of "What used to be" in Michigan.

I find it fascinating. As an aside, I've been through some of those in this area.

https://www.nailhed.com/

Bob

[scott.rodgers]

Packard Bridge Collapse

Here's a pic.

[raprice]

Wow!!! Kinda sad to see. Another landmark gone.
Rog

[BobPalma]

Here's an interesting, reflective video:

https://www.freep.com/videos/entertainment/2019/01/23/packard-last-shift/2661201002/

BP

[Xcalibur]

...and, so it goes.