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Philco furniture plant number 4.
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11-19-2007, 07:12 PM
Drew Wrote:My question; where was plant number 4 located?

Between Ontario and Westmoreland Streets in Philadelphia, with C Street bordering it on the west. Plant 4 was Philco's own in-house cabinet factory, part of the Philco complex in Kensington, most of which is now gone. McVeigh Recreation Center now occupies the site where Plant 4 once stood.

http://www.philcoradio.com/history/hist9.htm
(scroll down to see a map of the old Philco complex)
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Philco furniture plant number 4. - by Drew - 11-19-2007, 03:42 PM
RE: Philco furniture plant number 4. - by cwysong - 06-15-2013, 11:44 AM
RE: Philco furniture plant number 4. - by GarySP - 06-16-2013, 09:41 AM
Re: Philco furniture plant number 4. - by Ron Ramirez - 11-19-2007, 07:12 PM



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