Edison Assembly, also known as Metuchen Assembly, was a
Ford Motor Company
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manufacturing plant in
Edison, New Jersey
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. It was located at 939
U.S. Route 1
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and occupied over 100 acres when it was open. The factory began operations in 1948 and closed on February 27, 2004.
[ Several popular Ford products were manufactured there, such as the ]Ford Mustang
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, Ford Ranger
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, and the Ford Pinto
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The Pinto was marketed ...
. When the plant opened, it manufactured the new Mercury branded and Lincoln vehicles. It was one of three Ford manufacturing facilities in New Jersey and was built two years before the Mahwah Assembly
Mahwah Assembly was a Ford Motor Company manufacturing plant in Mahwah, New Jersey, 30 miles (48 km) from New York City. It occupied over 172 acres.
History
The factory began operations in 1955, and was closed in 1980. It was one of three manufact ...
plant was opened in 1950.
The plant produced 6.9 million vehicles in total; switching to compact car assembly in the 1960s, it bu