[PRCo] Re: Merry Christmas Westmoreland County

[Schneider Fred]

Well that tells us that Chrysler sold it to VW or at least owned it  
in 1975.

Thanks friend.

On Dec 10, 2008, at 10:49 PM, Derrick J Brashear wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Dec 2008, Schneider Fred wrote:
>
>> I could reply directly to Ed but perhaps someone else can add to this
>> thread ...  Chrysler built the plant in the first place but never
>> occupied it for whatever reason.   It sat empty for a while until VW
>> moved in.
>>
>> Does some one know when an industrial development authority became
>> involved?   Did they build it for Chyrsler or did they buy it and
>> lease it to VW?   Maybe Dennis knows because he does not
>> live that far away....
>
> seems like Chrysler:
> http://lnk.nu/news.google.com/r95
>
> "The Big Empty". Apparently groundbreaking was sometime shortly after
> October, 1968.
>
>