BREAKING: Ford plant roof collapses due to snow

[doxieone]

Source: CNBC

No link yet. Said it was one of the oldest plants in the nation. Unknown number of how many (if any) people may be trapped.

EDIT: I am checking other news sites... dont' see anything yet to provide more info.

No link yet.

[uppityperson]

1. Where please

[doxieone]

2. CNBC had a news break .... said it was one of the oldest plants.

[doxieone]

7. Still looking for into.... no more comes out.... The Madoff-related...

suicide story is getting more play on CNBC right now.

[qb]

3. Marysville, WA?

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/393193_roof23.html?source=rss

[uppityperson]

5. They make mobile homes.

Way back when I was a young'un our town built a nice new school with a domed gym roof. It collapsed due to snow load, fortunately on a weekend with no events happening. It was in midwest and whomever designed/built it messed up.

[Citizen Number 9]

6. No, that was Whitley Evergreen

They manufacture mobile homes and buildings, not vehicles.

[bluestateguy]

4. Aren't they on holiday shutdown now?

nt

[qb]

8. Dearborn

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081223/METRO/812230427

[Citizen Number 9]

9. River Rouge Complex. No injuries reported yet.

[doxieone]

10. Link deleted....

Deleted because it was dup.

[Odin2005]

11. OMG, River Rouge!?! isn't that one of the oldest Ford plants in the country?

IIRC that plant goes back to the 1910s, before they used conveyor belts!

[Thothmes]

17. Think the River Rouge complex was built in the

late 1920s.

[alfredo]

12. I figured it was River Rouge. It was a nasty place when I went there.

I was in process of getting a job with Ford. They took us to River Rouge. When I was taken into the belly of the beast, I decided I didn't want to work there. It was the definition of ugliness and almost seemed designed to crush ones spirit.






Remember the song "River Rouge Blues"?

[safeinOhio]

14. I remember that song on WABX

I also have a mint WABX decoder ring in the box. About 1972? I started at the Wayne plant that year.

[alfredo]

15. I was living in the Cass corridor at the time. 1970 to 1975.

Who sang that song?

Lived in the old Boones Farm commune house on Avery. Drank a bit of beer at Cobb's corner, lived in the basement of the Alexandrine on Alexandria, On Forrest, and Willis. It was actually called the El Moore. I used to sit in that window above the door. I drove hack for American Cab, and other jobs while there.
BTW the MC5 and the Fruit lived there while I lived there. The place was full of pushers, hookers, hippies and pimps.




One of my travel buddies/school chum fell into a bad crowd, became a junkie. One night he broke into my room and stole some stuff. When he found out I knew, he ran off to Kentucky. I don't forget or forgive so I went down to find him and beat him to a pulp. I was at home and my dad's police scanner was playing in the background. My ears perked up when I heard his name. He was being busted for possession. I didn't get to beat him, but knowing it was the Shively police, there was a good chance he would get phone booked and otherwise roughed up.

[Kolesar]

18. That is a cool building

Every window opening above the entry arch is a variation on the arch.

I always wonder what it takes to heat such a building.

[alfredo]

19. I was never in the boiler room, but I bet it was a monster.

[Retdisvet]

13. Detroit News Report

Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Building collapses at Severstal plant in Dearborn; no injuries
Oralandar Brand-Williams / The Detroit News
Dearborn firefighters are on the scene of a partial building collapse at 3001 Miller Road at the Severstal plant near the Ford Rouge complex.

There are no immediate reports of injuries. A dispatcher for the Dearborn Fire department said all the employees have been accounted for and none have been transported to the hospital.

The dispatcher said the incident happened at around 1:22 p.m. and firefighters are still on the scene investigating the accident. No fire has occurred as a result.

[mamameow]

16. ford river rouge

the ford river rouge plant complex is ancient. i am 67 years and my grandfather worked there and retired from there at age 70 in 1963. surprised it has not already been replaced. i think only a skeleton crew works during the change over, retooling for new model year. hope all is okay, not good memories at xmastime.

[gizmo1979]

20. The roof collapsed today where

I work Kohler company.Looks like a long winter will get longer.