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Called up the manager of the former Lorain plant after work today and got his permission to drive around the grounds to take some pictures. 
I'll start with a panoramic photo of the front of the plant taken from in front of the main entrance. Click the thumbnail for a larger resolution... not for the faint at heart; the plant's over 1/2 mile long!
-- See post 27 --
The rest of these are scaled to 800 wide. Click for 1024 wide... or if you've got your heart set on full res, PM me.
-- see post 27 --
I don't know for certain, of course, but it looked like this door may have been the "end of the line" where freshly assembled vehicles would emerge from.
-- see posts 27 and 28 --
Here we have the loading ramps where cars to be shipped via rail were loaded onto boxcars. Chances are your car drove up one of these ramps and departed on these rails...
-- see post 28 --
At the back of the plant we have lots of loading docks where countless parts and sub-assemblies would have been unloaded.
-- see post 28 --
The main entrance.
-- see posts 28 and 29 --
One of the pump houses.
-- see post 29 --
All that's left of 1,500,000 square feet of the plant's center section, which was demolished because it had fallen into such a state of disrepair it was deemed beyond renovation.
-- see posts 29 and 30 --
After nearly ten years of neglect, this is what the parking lots mostly look like now. Hard to believe this lot was once full of cars waiting to be sent around the country - or world.
-- see post 30 --
Here would have been a pair of completed vehicles for the then current production model year on display for the passers-by on Baumhart Road to admire. Now just an advertisement.
-- see post 30 --
Meaningless signs reminiscent of a bygone era...
-- see post 31 --
I'll start with a panoramic photo of the front of the plant taken from in front of the main entrance. Click the thumbnail for a larger resolution... not for the faint at heart; the plant's over 1/2 mile long!
-- See post 27 --
The rest of these are scaled to 800 wide. Click for 1024 wide... or if you've got your heart set on full res, PM me.
-- see post 27 --
I don't know for certain, of course, but it looked like this door may have been the "end of the line" where freshly assembled vehicles would emerge from.
-- see posts 27 and 28 --
Here we have the loading ramps where cars to be shipped via rail were loaded onto boxcars. Chances are your car drove up one of these ramps and departed on these rails...
-- see post 28 --
At the back of the plant we have lots of loading docks where countless parts and sub-assemblies would have been unloaded.
-- see post 28 --
The main entrance.
-- see posts 28 and 29 --
One of the pump houses.
-- see post 29 --
All that's left of 1,500,000 square feet of the plant's center section, which was demolished because it had fallen into such a state of disrepair it was deemed beyond renovation.
-- see posts 29 and 30 --
After nearly ten years of neglect, this is what the parking lots mostly look like now. Hard to believe this lot was once full of cars waiting to be sent around the country - or world.
-- see post 30 --
Here would have been a pair of completed vehicles for the then current production model year on display for the passers-by on Baumhart Road to admire. Now just an advertisement.
-- see post 30 --
Meaningless signs reminiscent of a bygone era...
-- see post 31 --