| Some years after this
photo was taken,
Sound-Gard Body
manufacturing was
added in a large complex
a the top of page 5
(page 7 of the magazine),
about where the smoke
is drifting. To do this,
the waterway behind
the plant had to be
physically moved back.
In 1964, this was the
entire plant. Later, considerable
additional
land was acquired
beyond the view at the
upper portion of the
photo to build the
Electric Foundry (electric
arc furnaces versus
cupolas for meltig)
and the Hydraulic
Works. This extended
the Deere property
clear down to just
across the street from
the Cattle Congress
grounds, location of the
past seven Two-
Cylinder Expos, and of
Expo XXIV this year.
Today, most of the
buildings seen here
have been leveled.
They’re gone. |
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