Does anyone ??

Old Roy · May 12, 2012

Have any pics of the Louisville Plant from 1946 till it closed ?
I found a draw up of the old site and the proposed blueprints of the way it is now.

Absent Minded Farmer · May 12, 2012

Did you try the Wisconsin Historical Society? They may have a few pics of the Louisville plant.
I left a link below. You might have to search through all factories, but I'm pretty sure there's a few pics. I know there are some good ones of the inside with the new Cub Cadets being assembled.

Mike
Lots O Factory Pics....

TWheat · May 13, 2012

This one is all I have and don't know who to give credit to

Jim Becker · May 13, 2012

That picture is from the Wisconsin Historical Society McCormick Collection. It is the only good picture of the outside of the plant I have found in the image collection. You can find some more pictures and text about the plant in various issues of Harvester World. But it takes some looking to find them.

I don't know if this is information you are looking for or not, but it might help someone that wants to know how these drawings fit with what is there today. In the upper of your 2 diagrams, the orange line is the old alignment of Crittenden Road. The road still follows that alignment on the left part, through the first curve. The left of the drawing is close to north.

If you start at the center of the site in the first drawing and run a line in about the 2 o'clock direction to the edge of the property (red line), I believe that is about the spot the WHS picture was taken from. This assumes I have the location and orientation right.

Old Roy · May 13, 2012

Thank you ! Looks like the buildings were in good shape after manufacturing the C 46's.

Old Roy · May 13, 2012

Thanks Jim Your explanation fits to a "T" glad to
get all the info I can, if only for nostalgic
reasons.

BigMarv1085 · May 13, 2012

Just curious, while looking through some of the pictures, they have a bunch of 560's complete and all of the rear tires are on backwards. what would be the reasoning of this ?

CenTex Farmall · May 13, 2012

Hey!

Is this at Louisville Sanderford airport, KSDF???

Jim Becker · May 13, 2012

Yes, Standiford. The point where the color picture above was taken is now either in a taxiway or on the UPS terminal grounds, I think taxiway.

Anonymous-0 · May 13, 2012

Looks like the scene fro irobot

CenTex Farmall · May 13, 2012

The times I've landed on the west runway and never knew I was going over the old IH plant! The things you learn everyday.....

I haven't been there in quite a while though. And yes, it's Standiford. I was close though.

mike1972chev · May 14, 2012

(NOT seeing the picture.)I believe they sent them "dished in" for transport to fit them on the trailers NARROW as possible(meaning they sent them with the wheels on the opposite sides). The IH dealers would reverse them when they got them,(hubs and all)

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