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Previous coverage: Historic St. Paul Ford Plant closes
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Ford plant's farewell
A good ride for St. Paul Ford plant
Workers juggled fear and giddiness as the Ford plant in St. Paul ended an 86-year run. Updated Dec. 17, 2011
Photo by Dan Huseby. The last Ford Ranger truck, driven by Dallas Thei...
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Live blogging the last day: Ford workers look back and ahead
Article By: JANET MOORE Publish / Update December 16, 2011 8:38 PM
Dallas Theis started his career at the plant in 1958, buffing Ford Fairlanes.
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'The Rattler' takes wheel of last Ranger
Article By: DEE DePASS , Star Tribune Publish December 17, 2011 2:00 AM / Update December 16, 2011 10:14 PMThe St. Paul Ford plant's longest-serving employee was the one to drive the final Ranger off the line.
With the shutdown of Ford's Twin Cities Assembly Plant in St. Paul, Mi...
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Saying goodbye to Ford
Article By: Deb Pastner , Publish / Update December 4, 2011 7:38 PMOver generations in St. Paul, workers built vehicles ranging from the Model T to modern pickups.
With the shutdown of Ford's Twin Cities Assembly Plant in St. Paul, Mi...
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Ford Plant leaves lasting legacy of community
Article By: Matt Gillmer , Publish / Update February 15, 2012 1:56 AMWhen Ford's Twin Cities Assembly plant finally closes its doors this month an important neighbor will disappear. People who have worked there recall the impact the plant has had not only on the surrounding community but on their community, inside, where bonds formed that never ended when you walked out the door.
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Saying goodbye to St. Paul's Ford plant
Article By: McKenna Ewen , Publish / Update February 14, 2012 7:46 PMThe final Ranger compact pickup rolled off Ford's St. Paul assembly line just before 10 a.m. Friday, ending an era in Minnesota manufacturing.
With the shutdown of Ford's Twin Cities Assembly Plant in St. Paul, Mi...
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Ford plant closing, and with it an era
Article By: CURT BROWN , Star Tribune Publish December 4, 2011 2:00 AM / Update December 4, 2011 9:14 AMPlant was a symbol of the manufacturing might and jobs that have been fading across the nation.
Final Ranger hits the road
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A good ride for St. Paul Ford plant
Article By: CURT BROWN, DEE DEPASS and JANET MOORE , Star Tribune staff writers Publish December 17, 2011 2:00 AM / Update December 17, 2011 10:20 AMWorkers juggled fear and giddiness as the Ford plant in St. Paul ended an 86-year run.
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Timeline: Ford Motor Co. in Minnesota
Article By: Chris Havens and Jamie Hutt , Star Tribune Publish December 1, 2011 2:00 AM / Update December 3, 2011 1:01 AMHere's a look at the history of Ford Motor Co. in the Twin Cities. Information and photos provided by Ford Motor Co., Minnesota Historical Society, Star Tribune and former plant engineer Del Peterson.
One of the few vestiges of the original 1925 Ford plant that will like...
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Much disassembly required at Ford plant
Article By: JENNIFER BJORHUS , Star Tribune Publish December 16, 2011 2:00 AM / Update December 16, 2011 7:57 AMWith the last Ranger rolling away Friday, Ford will begin demolishing the 86-year-old plant and test for pollution.
Retired members of UAW Local 879 attended a membership meeting last month at the Ray Busch Union Hall across from the Ford plant in St. Paul. After the meeting, former UAW local President Roger Terveen and Norbert Asfeld, left, hashed over the topics discussed.
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Counting down to final shift at St. Paul Ford plant
Article By: DEE DePASS , Star Tribune Publish December 15, 2011 2:00 AM / Update December 15, 2011 5:22 PMWorkers put years into the Ford plant in St. Paul. Now they face the challenges of relocating to stay with Ford, or finding other work.
Rich Bonnin of HGA Architecture
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Remodel will fit to a T
Article By: JANET MOORE , Star Tribune Publish December 13, 2011 2:00 AM / Update December 13, 2011 2:06 PMAs St. Paul's Ford plant prepares to close, its predecessor in Minneapolis, rebuilt as a business complex, is getting ready to open.
The Ford Plant photographed from a helicopter on Thursday, December 1,...
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Ford plant sits on 122 prime acres
Article By: JANET MOORE , Star Tribune Publish December 11, 2011 2:00 AM / Update December 22, 2011 4:17 PMThe plant closing creates an opportunity and challenge for St. Paul.
At his home in Mounds View, Roger Johnson sits in his Ford Ranger whic...
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Ranger riding into the sunset
Article By: SUSAN FEYDER , Star Tribune Publish December 9, 2011 2:00 AM / Update December 8, 2011 9:48 PMRangers have rolled off the line in St. Paul since 1982. But truck buyers decided they wanted bigger vehicles, and Ford elected to close the plant. The last Ranger will be made soon.
The Twin Cities Ford Assembly Plant.
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For St. Paul Ford plant, end of line is Dec. 19
Article By: SUSAN FEYDER , Star Tribune Publish October 18, 2011 2:00 AM / Update November 3, 2011 4:41 PMThe automaker gave notice to its workers Monday. The future of the site remains unclear.
Ford Plant in St. Paul
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Sales of Ford Rangers show an uptick
Article By: PAUL WALSH , Star Tribune Publish November 2, 2011 2:00 AM / Update November 1, 2011 10:51 PMBut the St. Paul-made pickup remains well off its peak of 12 years ago.
Ford Motor Co.’s St. Paul assembly plant
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Ford sale in low gear
Article By: JENNIFER BJORHUS , Star Tribune Publish July 17, 2011 2:00 AM / Update November 3, 2011 4:41 PMThe St. Paul assembly plant's days are numbered, but the company says it will be mid-2012 before the site goes on the market.
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A history of the St. Paul Ford plant
Publish July 17, 2011 2:00 AM / Update July 16, 2011 10:16 PM-
The appeal (or not) of the site
Publish July 17, 2011 2:00 AM / Update July 16, 2011 10:14 PMThe Twin Cities Ford Assembly Plant, along the Mississippi River in St. Paul
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St. Paul task force aims for 'sustainable' use of Ford site
Article By: ROCHELLE OLSON , Star Tribune Publish May 3, 2011 2:00 AM / Update November 3, 2011 4:40 PMThe Ranger manufacturing plant is scheduled to close later this year.
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St. Paul Ford plant keeps on truckin'
Article By: Richard Sennott , Publish / Update July 24, 2008 9:31 PMFord Motor Co. said today that its St. Paul plant will remain open through 2011 because of consumer demand for the compact Ranger pickup.
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Pitching a plan to keep St. Paul Ford plant rolling
Article By: BAIRD HELGESON , Star Tribune Publish August 25, 2010 2:00 AM / Update August 24, 2010 10:57 PMGov. Tim Pawlenty and St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman are to visit Ford's HQ with a package of incentives to keep the plant open.
Shawn Milliron
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Ford says polite 'no thanks' to St. Paul
Article By: CHAO XIONG , Star Tribune Publish August 26, 2010 2:00 AM / Update August 25, 2010 8:24 PMCompany officials declined incentives to keep its St. Paul Ranger plant open beyond 2011.
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Ford's union workers in St. Paul approve concessions
Article By: LIZ FEDOR , Star Tribune Publish March 7, 2009 2:00 AM / Update March 6, 2009 10:50 PMUAW locals across the United States will finish voting Monday on concessions that change the union's contract with the automaker.
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Big sales drop to idle St. Paul Ford Ranger plant 2 extra weeks
Article By: LIZ FEDOR , Star Tribune Publish February 6, 2009 2:00 AM / Update February 6, 2009 5:27 AMBut the addition of safety features to the 2010 model -- scheduled to roll off the assembly line this summer -- hints that the St. Paul pickup plant won't close early.
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Plans for Ford plant unlikely to take, give much from city coffers
Article By: CHRIS HAVENS , Star Tribune Publish October 7, 2008 2:00 AM / Update October 6, 2008 11:47 PMRevenue for whatever is developed will be offset by expenses and changes in the economy, planners say.
Ranger assembly line
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St. Paul Ford plant gets jump-start
Article By: MIKE MEYERS, H.J. CUMMINS and LIBBY NELSON S tar Tribune s taff w riters , Star Tribune staff writers Publish July 25, 2008 2:00 AM / Update July 24, 2008 11:54 PM
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Ford closing St. Paul plant?
Article By: Dee Depass, Jackie Crosby and Conrad Defiebre , Star Tribune Publish December 3, 2005 2:00 AM / Update April 13, 2006 8:59 AMOfficials from Ford Motor Company, the unions and local government officials railed against a Wall Street Journal report today in which unnamed sources claim that the St. Paul Ranger plant is one of five North American plants tagged for closure by officials in Detroit.
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Pawlenty to plead case for St. Paul Ford plant in Detroit
Publish / Update January 3, 2006 10:39 AMBefore Ford Motor Co. executives announce which production plants are pegged for closure, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will make a personal appeal to keep St. Paul's plant running.
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Group to guide reuse of St. Paul Ford site
Article By: Joe Kimball , Star Tribune Publish January 12, 2007 2:00 AM / Update January 12, 2007 10:46 PMSt. Paul hopes that the 24-member task force will pave the way for redevelopment of the Ford plant acreage once production ends.
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St. Paul workers approve new Ford contract
Publish November 13, 2007 2:00 AM / Update November 12, 2007 8:58 PMAfter two days of voting, 67 percent of the United Auto Workers in St. Paul have voted to ratify a new employment contract with Ford Motor Co.
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Ford plant
Article By: Jim Freitag , Publish / Update July 24, 2008 10:08 PMMap locating Ford Plant in St. Paul.
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