The 7 000 000 plant located at santa fe avenue and firestone boulevard manufactured its first tire in 1928.
Firestone tire and rubber company south gate.
In 1927 henry ford and tire maven harvey firestone to a trip to los angeles to select locations for their new factories.
The factory closed in 1980 aerial view of the firestone tire rubber co.
Firestone tire and rubber company is an american tire company founded by harvey firestone in 1900 initially to supply solid rubber side wire tires for fire apparatus and later pneumatic tires for wagons buggies and other forms of wheeled transportation common in the era firestone soon saw the huge potential for marketing tires for automobiles and the company was a pioneer in the mass.
Woven industrial fabrics from polyester and polyamide.
The environmental protection agency epa identifies sites such as firestone tire and rubber company because they pose or had once posed a potential risk to human health and or the environment due to contamination by one or more hazardous wastes.
Plant located at 2525 firestone blvd.
Firestone was headquartered in akron oh but operated the south gate plant to produce tires between 3 5 18 inches in diameter.
Part of the bridgestone corp.
The former site of the firestone tire and rubber co.
Firestone tire and rubber company is a superfund site located at 2525 e.
Tires larger than 18 inches were produced in akron.
South gate will soon be the home of a new educational facility courtesy of the east los angeles college.
Firestone s first tire rolled off the assembly line on june 15 1928.
Water based adhesives for polyester fabrics treatment.
Multi national group of companies active in tires textiles polymers construction materials and industrial products.
In the city of south gate.
View is looking north.
Factory near firestone boulevard and santa fe avenue will soon be transformed into the south gate educational center an elac satellite campus.
Firestone 1868 1938 officially opened this factory in late 1928 although construction was actually completed on 06 15 1928.
