Abandoned Detroit Car Factory - AMC Headquarters - CLIMBING THE TOWER!!

Designed by Amadeo Leoni, this behemoth of a plant started as a small appliance factory, owned by the Kelvinator Corporation in 1927. The original building included a three-story factory, an office-complex, and a power plant in the rear. In January of 1937 the company merged with Nash Motors, an American automobile manufacturer based in Kenosha, Wisconsin, which gave the joint company the name Nash-Kelvinator.

To keep up with production, the company expanded the plant to 1.46 million square feet in 1940. During WWII, the company aided in the war effort by being brought on as a contractor for The Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation. The company carried out final assembly on helicopters for the Army, and during the span of the war, 262 helicopters were assembled at the factory.

Nash-Kelvinator merged with Hudson Motors in 1954, creating the American Motors Corporation. Eventually all the appliance manufacturing was moved to other factories, and the entire plant was used exclusively as a research and design center for automobiles. In 1987 the auto company Chrysler bought out the entire facility and called it the Jeep and Truck Engineering Center.

Chrysler filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on April 30, 2009, and the plant was sold in 2010. In 2013 the owner ended up scrapping as much as he could inside the building, as well as the metal roofing, leaving it exposed to the elements. In doing so, it released harmful asbestos particles into the surrounding area, and the man responsible was sentenced to two years and three months in prison for violating the Clean Air Act.

Today the plant sits abandoned, with possible deals in the works to redevelop the site. Until then, the factory will continue to decay at the hands of scrappers, vandals, and mother nature.
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INFORMATIONAL SOURCES
https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2018/03/13/city-of-detroit-to-take-a-stab-at-redeveloping-former-amc-headquarters/

http://www.detroiturbex.com/content/industry/amc/index.html

http://www.dailydetroit.com/2016/08/09/bustling-factory-abandoned-eyesore-story-old-amc-headquarters-detroit/
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I explore the various abandoned and decrepit buildings and locations that pepper the world. These places are remnants of the past, and I enjoy documenting them for all to see before they succumb to man or Mother Nature. Join me as I enter the belly of the beast and show you what these abandoned buildings have to offer on the inside. Happy Hunting and I wish everyone safe explorations :)

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