Chicago Assembly Plant
Chicago Assembly Plant is Ford Motor Company's oldest continuously operated automobile manufacturing plant. It is located at E. 130th Street and Torrence Avenue in the Hegewisch neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, US.- Type: Industrial building
- Description: automobile manufacturing plant owned by Ford Motor Company
- Also known as: “Chicago Assembly” and “Ford Chicago Assembly Plant”
- Address: 12600-12644 South Torrence Avenue, Chicago, IL 60633
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hegewisch station and William W. Powers State Recreation Area.
Hegewisch station
Railway station
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hegewisch station is a commuter rail station in the city of Chicago, Illinois in the Hegewisch neighborhood, that serves the South Shore Line north to Millennium Station and east to the cities of Hammond, East Chicago, Gary, Michigan City, and South Bend, Indiana. Hegewisch station is situated 1½ miles southeast of Chicago Assembly Plant.
William W. Powers State Recreation Area
Park
William W. Powers State Recreation Area is an Illinois state park administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources on 580 acres in the Hegewisch community area of the City of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. William W. Powers State Recreation Area is situated 1½ miles east of Chicago Assembly Plant.
T.J. O’Brien Lock and Dam
Waterworks
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Thomas J. O'Brien Lock & Dam is a stop lock in the Hegewisch neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago at the confluence of the Grand Calumet River and Little Calumet River, which form the Calumet River. T.J. O’Brien Lock and Dam is situated 1 mile south of Chicago Assembly Plant.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hegewisch and Far Southeast Side.
Hegewisch
Suburb
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Hegewisch is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, Illinois, located on the city's far south side. It is bordered by the neighborhoods of Riverdale and South Deering to the west, the East Side to the north, the village of Burnham to the south and the city of Hammond, Indiana to the east.
Far Southeast Side
The Far Southeast Side of Chicago is a huge section of Chicago with only one large tourist draw: the Pullman Historic District. Most travelers will literally just pass over this district on the Chicago Skyway, but look closely and something may catch your eye.
Burnham
Village
Burnham is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,046 at the 2020 census. Burnham has a Chicago ZIP code and was named for Telford Burnham, who drew its plat. Burnham is situated 1½ miles south of Chicago Assembly Plant.
Chicago Assembly Plant
- Categories: factory, building, and industry
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.66387° or 41° 39′ 50″ northLongitude
-87.56149° or 87° 33′ 41″ westOpen location code
86HJMC7Q+GCOpenStreetMap ID
way 211228183OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrialWikidata ID
Q4390506
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Chicago Assembly Plant” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Chicago Assembly”
- Spanish: “Planta de Ensamblaje de Chicago”
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Highlights include Nickel Plate Railway Bridge and Torrence Avenue Bridge.
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