Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., looking north

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Aerial view of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. plant located at 2525 Firestone Blvd. in the city of South Gate view is looking north. Alameda St. is top left corner to bottom left Santa Fe. Ave. curves from top left, behind the factory at center, down to lower right Long Beach Blvd. is top middle, to middle right Calden Ave., Beaudine Ave. Firestone Plaza and Tope Ave. run vertically at the forefront from middle to right Firestone Blvd. is middle left to lower right. Construction to expand the plant is underway along center left. Photograph dated 1955.Built on a 40-acre site which was part of a historic Spanish rancho granted to Don Antonio Lugo, the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. plant was designed by Architects Curlett & Beelman. The $7,000,000 plant, located at Santa Fe Avenue and Firestone Boulevard, manufactured its first tire in 1928. The factory closed in 1980.