I have also read that the Chalmers factory site later became part of the Chrysler Jefferson Plant
Also this:
http://articles.latimes.com/1986-10-..._chrysler-jobs
Chrysler said the new plant, with an annual production capacity of about 250,000 units, will build a new light truck model beginning in 1991. The old Jefferson plant, which now builds Chrysler's K-cars and related front-wheel-drive models, will remain in operation while the new plant is under construction next door. It will then be torn down to make room for Chrysler suppliers that might move into the area, according to Gerald Greenwald, chairman of Chrysler Motors, Chrysler's automotive unit.
Complex Built in 1907
If Chrysler had not replaced the aging Jefferson complex, built in 1907 as the original headquarters for the old Chalmers Motor Car Co., with a new plant in the city, Detroit's economy might have been devastated. The old Jefferson plant is now one of only three assembly facilities left in the city of Detroit and is the dominant employer on Detroit's impoverished east side.
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