Oakland Assembly

It was the first automobile plant established in Northern California to build Chevrolet vehicles.

In 1916, Chevrolet opened the auto industry's first West Coast assembly plant in Oakland.

Production of the Chevrolet Series 490 began on Sept. 23, 1916,[1] while World War I was taking place.

The plant stopped producing automobiles for commercial use on January 30, 1942, until August 20, 1945, and contributed to the war effort during World War II producing munitions, Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines, 90mm guns and billions of pounds of aluminum forgings, magnesium castings and grey iron castings.

The factory was recognized that the facility needed to be upgraded for more modern manufacturing methods and in the summer of 1963, it was replaced by Fremont Assembly.