Slightly OT-Can Anybody Identify This Mercury Plant in 1949/1950?

I know this is probably a long shot and it is only to satisfy my curiosity, but does anybody know where this photo was taken? I have seen other threads where people identified plants where they had worked. Thanks.

 

Dearborn, MI? I think it was the only Merc plant at the time.

 

I see Fords on the line in the background... maybe the Rouge?

JK

 

What makes you say that? Mine was built in St. Louis.

 

No way.

 

I'm only 5 minutes away from the Rouge Plant...
That place is freakin' huge!!!

 

FordImages owns the picture. Their site is good for old photos. I can't say I'd pay what they are asking, but good for looking.

http://www.fordimages.com/perl/home.pl

 

A merc lover's candy store.

 

Cool photo.....

 

There was a plant in Edison NJ opened in late 1947 my late Dad started to work there before it opened. I used to have a picture of him helping put the body on the first one off the line, a 4 door if I remember correctly.

 

believe there was los angeles, st. louis, dearborn, and metuchen new jersey.

 

In those days the NJ plant was in Raritan (now Edison) but had a Metuchen mailing address as they had no postoffice.

 

The Metuchen Plant was later renamed Edison

 

If nobody can I.D. the location, email Ford Images. Maybe they'll have some additional info on the photo.

 

Already on it. If I hear anything, I'll update the thread.

 

Not sure what plant that photo was taken at but I did find this info on Mercury production per plant:

Dearborn (DA) 79027
Long Beach (called Los Angeles) (LA)44958
Wayne (WA) 19422
Metuchen (ME) 97749
St Louis (SL) 110459

 

Are these numbers for 1950 mercs only? Where is this info from? These numbers would make 1950 mercury production higher than I've even seen.

 

http://forum.love-fords.org/content.php?187-1950-Ford-Mercury-Lincoln-VIN-highs

 

Thanks. This would put the total number at 301615. It's interesting because it contradicts all the other numbers I have seen.

 

I emailed them Friday with no response. I have a ford.com email address, so hopefully they know it's not spam.

If I hear anything, I'll let y'all know.

JK