Computer Controls - Steel Factory
This steel factory outside of Detroit was the first to use computer controls. On a related note, I’ve been reading an academic piece that analyzes the downfall of Detroit. A major reason for Detroit’s demise – or so says the thesis statement – is the increased mechanization and automation of the steel production process. No more workers were needed, so blue collar jobs disappeared, while white collar managerial classes prospered. The paper posits that Detroit was hampered by a combination of automation, government policies encouraging dispersed, suburban factories and – of course – increasing globalization. Mainly, however, it was the computer that destroyed the typical Detroit blue collar job.
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Nina Alter wrote...
Wow. I feel like I've totally sold-out my hometown then, moving to the silivalley to work in tech. :((
The robots; don't forget the robots. Without them, computers would just be innocuous little things. Amazing shots; thanks for posting. Many of my family flourished in Detroit, then dispersed like so many.