Basically, the article states that old gm plant at the confluence of the Tittabawassee and Shiawassee rivers will be turned into a state rec area. I think it is is good news for the walleye in the Saginaw river and bay. Along with other fish and game. The ref area is Supposed to have fishing access. If it is allowed to go totally natural. It could help with flooding
along with the state and federal preserves.
kinda old news. its already has a pond in there that holds 90% of the areas ducks and geese. but yeah this was announced a long time ago...like year or 2 ago.
Saginaw Malleable Iron foundry
When built, the world's largest electric furnace.
Used to pour so much Orange smoke out the doors when I was a kid, you couldn't see to cross the Center street bridge.
I was blown up at Central foundry while working on a shaker.
Lucky I was inside the shaker when the annealing furnace blew.
I worked on the dismantling of the plant, removing the "Cope and Drag" line for its new owners.
It was old, nasty, crude, technology that has run its course in this country.
I'm saddened for the job losses, but overall, glad it's gone.
Saginaw steering gear plant 2. the old gun plant. My dad worked there for 30 + years. as a kid they would have plant tours i believe once a year. it was literally oil soup. air, floors ect. dad drove an old mercury comet. the ash from the foundry would kill the paint. his logic was "its an ugly ford. its gonna rust to dust any how." Mom would make him take his work clothes to the laundry coin op they would be so soaked with oil. one bonus for me was he worked the line that assembled the worm gear for the rack & pinion. always had a mayo jar of perfect slingshot ammo! Happy to see its being cleaned up and put to positive use. im in my 50's now. its been 40 years since i first dreamed of what it would be like to ride that big ol slag pile on a sled.
As a kid, when my dad got home from work, he’d hug us and we could smell this certain smell, not bad, just different.
Years later, when I started working in the same general area, I walked into one of the (now demolished) Flint East plants for the first time and almost cried. Smelled exactly like my Dad when he’d come home and hug us all.
(As a little kid, I asked him what he did every day at “work”. He said he “ made money” and that’s how I imagined him. Running a machine that made pennies and nickels)
Funny you say that. I worked at GM as a diemaker for over 30 years, when I came home most days, after showering at work before I left, when I'd hug the wife as I got home she would say "You smell like metal"
Yep I spent 30+ years as a die maker at G.M. and many of my trade retired and started new at one of the other car companies. After years of grinding and working on dies in presses with 1000s of tons of pressure above me in a small space. I was glad to call it at 58 with all my digits.
No kidding. That sounds very claustrophobic to me. Not sure I could do it. I know my wife couldn't, she won't even get an MRI. I have the utmost respect for guys like you that are able to do jobs like that day after day for many years.
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