Dec 24, 2014

Saginaw Malleable Foundry

One of the environmental/groundwater sites I spent a great deal of time at - it was the first environmental site I had been to while working at BB&L, was the GM Malleable Iron Foundry in Saginaw, MI.

This map shows the boundary of the property: wikimapia

Today I was looking to see what was still there and found little left of the place on Google maps, so I traced further back on the web news to see what had happened.

It's interesting that on the google map it doesn't look like even the environmental treatment plant is there anymore.

It appears that right near the southwest corner of the property is the Green Point Environmental Learning Center, which we never visited while working there.

Timeline

  • 1917 - Plant opens @ 40tons/day reference
  • 1924 @200 tons/day
  • 1930 - plant stayed busy during the depression on a 10h/day, 6d/week schedule
  • 1937 surface kiln installed
  • 1946 - became part of Central Foundry Division
  • 1991 - integrated into GM Powertrain Division
  • May 2007 - closed reference
  • 2008 - Remedial Action Plan (RAP) approved

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