I'll attach a couple of photos later to this post to help explain.
Does anybody know what the function was of the small building at the east end of the Fisher Body Fleetwood site? Since the rest of the plant [[except for a tiny brick building on the west end) has been obliterated, this remnant's survival is intriguing. It was connected by a bridge, now abruptly truncated, to the main building. The bridge has the type of siding that's ubiquitous on 1960s-1970s GM facilities, and I see it connected on a 1981 Detroit Edison aerial. Did the bodies get sent across to the small building for last minute repairs and checks before getting trucked over to Clark Street? It seems too elaborate to have been a pedestrian overpass. I just wonder, because I've seen a photo of the body trucks clustered at the west end instead. I also wonder if it's an original Fisher Body building, or was bought later by GM.
While we're at it, does anyone know what the function was of the other surviving bit, the brick structure on the west end? Perhaps a truck garage.
Bookmarks