Dynamite broke the ground at the General Motors “Lucky 13th” ...

ARCHIVE PHOTO | SEPT. 29, 1964 | published: September 29, 2014

Dynamite broke the ground at the General Motors “Lucky 13th” manufacturing complex in Lordstown on Sept. 29, 1964. Chevrolet General Manager Semon E. Knudsen, Ohio Gov. James A. Rhodes and Fisher Body General Manager Robert H. Gathman joined together in pushing the plunger to break ground on the plant. The new assembly plant was Chevrolet’s 13th in the United States.