Stop 30: Ford Assembly Plant – 505 Broadway (Pivotal)
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This handsome 1914 building is faced with red brick and light cream glazed tiles, with a polished granite water table in the Chicago School style. Its walls are punctuated with large expanses of broadly-arched windows. Located along the Great Northern tracks, the plant had a spur line running inside the building. Cars were assembled, then taken to the roof by elevator and washed. Returned to ground level, they were loaded on rail cars, still inside the building. The structure was built by John Graham of Seattle who built similarly designed plants for Ford in other cities, including Minneapolis.
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The Northern Route of the Downtown Fargo Audio Walking Tour begins and ends at The Great Northern Depot at 425 Broadway.
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