Book or Pamphlet
Melrose Park Artist Rendering
| Original caption reads: "Melrose Park Works, Melrose Park, Illinois demonstrates the Company's belief in Chicago and its future. This huge plant, formerly used for the manufacture of aircraft engines, was purchased by Harvester and occupied early in 1946. It consists of about 135 acres of ground, a modern administration building, and approximately 1,500,000 square feet of manufacturing space under roof. Melrose Park Works is now headquarters of the Industrial Power division and is one of three plants of that division- the others are Tractor Works, Chicago, and Milwaukee Works, Milwaukee, Wisconsin- building heavy-duty engines, power units, and tractors for industrial purposes. It is located west of Chicago, at the intersection of North Avenue and U.S. Route 45. A full line of heavy-duty engines and power units is being produced at Melrose Park Works. In the near future large-scale production is expected to start on a new crawler tractor weighing 35,000 pounds. Present employment is about 3,800 with employment set at about 5,000 persons when the plant is in full production." |
| Image ID: | 117525 |
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| Creation Date: | 1947 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
| City: | Melrose Park |
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| State: | Illinois |
| Collection Name: | International Harvester Company corporate archives central file (documented series), 1819-1998 |
| Genre: | Book or Pamphlet |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | MCC MSS 6Z, Box 99, Folder 1009 |
| Original Dimensions: | 5.5 x 3.25 inches |
| "Roots in Chicago, One Hundred Years Deep 1847-1947" page 34. |
| Cities and towns |
| Factories |
| Agricultural machinery industry |
| Roads |
| Architectural rendering |
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