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Welcome to MotorCities National Heritage Area (MotorCities), where you can Experience Everything Automotive! We invite you to join us as we take a drive down memory lane, gaze into the future and share with you an amazing automotive journey.

Pull out a calendar, road map and pen, and let the fun begin! We invite you to browse the many wonderful automotive museums, homes and gardens, tours and sporting events located in MotorCities and plot your path through the heart of the American automotive industry. If you need help, we're ready to jump in! Whether your visit lasts a few hours or a few days, you are guaranteed an exciting variety of places to see and things to do.

With over 100 sites and experiences waiting to be explored, go ahead and choose your category of interest - and get ready to Experience Everything Automotive!

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Friday, 25 October 2019 16:29

Bridges

By the 1920s, the explosive growth of industry was causing problems that the City of Detroit had to confront. Rail shipping through Milwaukee Junction was…
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Friday, 25 October 2019 16:34

Fisher Body Plant #21

Fisher Body was a big presence in Milwaukee Junction, with its Plants #2, #7, #10, #12, #21, #23 and #37 being built in the neighborhood…
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Friday, 25 October 2019 16:36

Cadillac Plant

At 450 Amsterdam Street, west of Woodward, is a portion of the early Cadillac plant designed by architect George Mason and built in 1904 along…
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Friday, 25 October 2019 16:38

Studebaker Plant

At the corner of Brush and Piquette, a Veterans Administration building occupies part of the site of the old Studebaker Plant that burned down in…
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Friday, 25 October 2019 16:43

Fisher Body Plant #37

At 950 East Milwaukee is the former Fisher Body Plant #37. This plant was built in 1925 and it is tightly framed by the railroads…
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Friday, 25 October 2019 16:45

Richard Brothers Die Works

At 1560 East Milwaukee is a small factory complex that also faces on Orleans and Lyman Place. Richards Brothers operated this sheet metal shop that…
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At the intersection of Piquette and Beaubien, the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant is one of the world’s most significant industrial history sites. Built in 1904,…
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Friday, 25 October 2019 16:58

Peninsular Car Company Plant

Before automobiles, a major industry in Milwaukee Junction was the production of railroad freight cars. In 1884, Peninsular Car Company built railcar manufacturing shops on…
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Friday, 25 October 2019 17:05

Ford Service Center

The former Ford Service Center at 7301 Woodward is now a bank with a contemporary look at the corner of East Grand Boulevard. It was…
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Tuesday, 17 December 2019 18:33

Alter Car Factory

The Alter Motor Company was formed in 1914 to start producing cars designed by a nineteen year old from Wisconsin named Clarence Alter. The company employeed…
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