Videos of the Chrysler “Detroit Arsenal” tank plant in Warren, Michigan, with some mention of the nearby Dodge Truck assembly plant that’s also located in Warren, Michigan. At the time, the Dodge Truck assembly plant was building the famous WC military trucks that would evolve into the civilian market Power Wagon after the war.

The City of Warren, Michigan; being rural, sparsely populated; and bearing the name Warren Township, as the place had still yet to designated an official city (which wouldn’t occur until 1957 with the incorporation of the City of Warren) was better than being the sprawling, crowded, urban metropolis it is today and has been since the early 1960’s. The City of Warren was in this rural state as of the time my paternal grandparents had bought the property off of 8 Mile Road and Ryan Road in Warren, Michigan on the Warren-Detroit city borders and the Macomb-Wayne county borders to construct the house that my father and my aunt had grown up in. And Joe & Martha have done the same, buying the property located a few streets down from where my paternal grandparents’ house is located; also off of 8 Mile Road and Ryan Road where Joe had built one part of the house that Margaret & Ann had grown up in before the war, Martha had lived in the original part of the house during the war; and the once Joe had returned home after the war, Joe had built the addition that consisted of 2 bedrooms (both of which were Margaret & Ann’s).

The street that my paternal grandparents, my father, and my aunt had all lived on wasn’t paved until the early 1960’s, and my father personally remembers being a young boy sitting on the front porch of their house with the massive paving machine coming by to pave their street. Joe & Martha’s street, located a few streets down; was at first dirt, then it was gravel; and even later, it was paved.

The City of Warren becoming the sprawling, urban metropolis it is today is as depressing as the City of Rochester Hills, Michigan (formerly Avon Township) (and not Rochester City, Michigan; located north of Rochester Hills, and where we move to in Early Life And Continuous Livelihood) having more recently become a sprawling, urban metropolis. The cities of Chesterfield, Michigan and nearby New Baltimore, Michigan also having more recently become a sprawling, urban metropolis; and also, the City of Bethany/West Chester, Ohio also having become a sprawling, urban metropolis ever since the decommission of the Crosley/Voice Of America Bethany, Ohio shortwave transmitter site are also all depressing.

In other words, I prefer that these areas forevermore remain rural and sparsely populated.

Enjoy the history of the Chrysler “Detroit Arsenal” tank plant in Warren, Michigan and the place being rural and sparsely populated as you watch these videos.

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A book written about the Chrysler “Detroit Arsenal” tank plant that was published in 1946:

http://imperialclub.com/Yr/1945/46Tanks/Cover.htm

Website about a man, his family history; and some history about the City of Warren, Michigan with an article about the Chrysler “Detroit Arsenal” tank plant:

http://centerline.grobbel.org/misc_photos.htm#arsenal

Since we’re on the topic of the automotive industry and how it was key to transforming the City of Warren, Michigan into the sprawling, urban metropolis it is today; here is a video of the dedication by President Eisenhower of the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan upon it’s completion in 1956. Like both the Chrysler “Detroit Arsenal” tank plant and the Dodge Truck assembly plant, the GM Technical Center is too; a part of the automotive fabric within the community of Warren, Michigan and helping shape the City of Warren into what it is today.

In this video, the area is still, for the most part; rural. Shown in this video is the entry into the complex off of Mound Road in Warren, Michigan and the rural scenery being obvious.

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In response to GM employees and their families moving into the area from Detroit city proper, a new subdivision, an Elementary School; and a strip mall were all built near the Technical Center during the years 1955-1957 at the corner of 13 Mile Road and Mound Road.