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The Salsbury Motors Pomona Plant
The Salsbury Motors Pomona Plant
Northrop envisioned a BIG demand for Salsbury scooters, the 6HP motors, the variable speed transmissions, and the industrial trucks. To manufacture these things in quantity, Northrop committed Salsbury Motors to building a huge manufacturing facility at 1201 East Lexington Street in Pomona California in Feb 1946, just two months after acquiring Salsbury Motor's from Richard Millar. Northrop's plans were ambitious - a $1,000,000 manufacturing facility covering 65,000 sq. ft, with 500 employees by May 1946 and a total of 1000 employees by early 1947. Foster and Salsbury Motors created a very nice poster-sized sheet containing all of the newspaper articles discussing the construction of the Pomona Plant.
The Pomona facility was built very quickly, and was operational in mid-1946. Unfortunately, a number of labor strikes occurred in 1946, which made it difficult for the plant to acquire all the supplies it needed to produce scooters, engines, industrial trucks, etc.
With the benefit of hindsight, it is blindingly obvious that Northrop overestimated the demand for the Salsbury related product lines, and way overspent on plant, equipment, and employees.
Northrop envisioned a BIG demand for Salsbury scooters, the 6HP motors, the variable speed transmissions, and the industrial trucks. To manufacture these things in quantity, Northrop committed Salsbury Motors to building a huge manufacturing facility at 1201 East Lexington Street in Pomona California in Feb 1946, just two months after acquiring Salsbury Motor's from Richard Millar. Northrop's plans were ambitious - a $1,000,000 manufacturing facility covering 65,000 sq. ft, with 500 employees by May 1946 and a total of 1000 employees by early 1947. Foster and Salsbury Motors created a very nice poster-sized sheet containing all of the newspaper articles discussing the construction of the Pomona Plant.
The Pomona facility was built very quickly, and was operational in mid-1946. Unfortunately, a number of labor strikes occurred in 1946, which made it difficult for the plant to acquire all the supplies it needed to produce scooters, engines, industrial trucks, etc.
With the benefit of hindsight, it is blindingly obvious that Northrop overestimated the demand for the Salsbury related product lines, and way overspent on plant, equipment, and employees.
Thursday, June 16, 2022
Looking for something cool to do this afternoon?
- Try our drop in painting and drawing class. Family friendly, ability friendly in a safe place to explore new ways of seeing and creating ! Perfect setting for co - workers to gather and chill too. #artshelp
Join us this summer for FREE art classes
These classes are for creative young people, ages 10-13, with all levels of experience who have a passion for The Arts! Summer at The SAE classes are ideal for students looking to explore an arts education and a possible future with The School of Arts + Enterprise.
**Space is limited and priority will be given to non SAE students**
Register Today! www.summeratthesae.org
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
City of Pomona - Requesting community input on fences in Historic Districts
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