Ford Dagenham Plant
1931 - Operational
Overview
Built on Thames marshland east of London and once employing tens of thousands. The 1968 strike by women sewing machinists over pay grading fed directly into the UK Equal Pay Act of 1970. Now an engine and transmission center.
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