Hemmings Daily: Wrecking ball swings for former GM plant in Wilmington, Delaware

Delaware once served as a vital link in one of the coups that formed pre-bailout General Motors, but with the announcement late last month of the pending demolition of the former GM Wilmington assembly plant, the wrecking ball will also remove the state's last remaining connection to the carmaker. Though built in 1946, the assembly plant has a history that dates back to 1914, when Pierre S. du Pont first bought stock in General Motors. While GM chugged along under the control of the bankers who ousted GM founder [View in Browser | Subscribe]( [Hemmings Daily] Wednesday, December 5, 2018 [Wrecking ball swings for former GM plant in Wilmington, Delaware]( [Wrecking ball swings for former GM plant in Wilmington, Delaware]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Delaware once served as a vital link in one of the coups that formed pre-bailout General Motors, but with the announcement late last month of the pending demolition of the former GM Wilmington assembly plant, the wrecking ball will also remove the state's last remaining connection to the carmaker. Though built in 1946, the assembly plant has a history that dates back to 1914, when Pierre S. du Pont first bought stock in General Motors. While GM chugged along under the control of the bankers who ousted GM founder ... 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