Somerville Assembly
The Somerville Assembly was a Ford Motor Company factory in Somerville, Massachusetts which opened in 1926 as a replacement to the Cambridge Assembly.[1] Following the failure of the Ford Edsel, the plant, which had been one of the region’s largest employers, closed its doors in 1958 and created severe consequences for the local economy, as it paid the city over $1 million in annual taxes.[2]
It was redeveloped into the Assembly Square Marketplace, as well as Assembly Square.
References
- ↑ "Squares and Neighborhoods - Assembly Square". City of Somerville. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- ↑ Roberts, Bruce D. (30 April 2013). "Ford Fiasco: Tracking the Rise and Fall of the Edsel in American Newspaper Archives". Readex. NewsBank, Inc. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
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Coordinates: 42°23′34.64″N 71°4′49.60″W / 42.3929556°N 71.0804444°W
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