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Arfedz
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Posted on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 12:14 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hi I am trying to find out if anyone has any knowledge of the location. I have tried Mapquest and Google but can't get a clear answer. If you have any info, please post it.


Thanks
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Homer
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Posted on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 12:21 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

ford rouge plant
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Detroithabitater
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Posted on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 12:22 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I'm not sure 517 exists, but try typing it with 'brookwood' as one word. you'll find that it is not in the rouge complex.

517 Brookwood Ln, Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan 48120, United States
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Johnlodge
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Posted on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 12:30 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

That is definitely the Rouge plant on your map. But there is no 517 Brookwood lane where it is pointing.



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Homer
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Posted on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 12:31 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

No, but his map displays the Rouge with the Brookwood address plopped in the middle of it.
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Johnlodge
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Posted on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 12:36 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Eh. Microsoft.
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Mikem
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Posted on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 12:43 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

West of Greenfield, south of Rotunda.
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Ct4438
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Posted on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 12:51 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Are you looking for a present-day address or is this part of genealogy research?? I tried searching for a home my grandfather lived in as a child....only to discover that GMs Hamtramck plant now sits on it.
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Jcole
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Posted on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 1:04 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

There is a 57 Brookwood Lane in Dearborn.
http://maps.google.com/maps?so urceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz= 1T4SUNA_enUS265US265&q=517+bro okwood+lane+dearborn,+mi&um=1& sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum= 1&ct=title
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Mikeg
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Posted on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 1:08 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ct4438 - here are Hornwrecker's scans of a 1930's vintage Detroit street map.
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Jcole
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Posted on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 1:19 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

There is also a 517 Brookwood Ln in Rochester Hills that is a golf course club house.
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Grumpyoldlady
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Posted on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 9:38 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Google sometimes relocates an address...it put my childhood home in a different block on the opposite side of the street.
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Irish_mafia
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Posted on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 9:45 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

That would make me grumpy
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Eastsidedame
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Posted on Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 2:10 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Likewise, Ct4438. My dad grew up on Manhattan Street in Hamtramck in the 1920s-40s. That street's not there anymore, either.

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