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Factory/Plant Tours - Where Would You Go?

Posted by Cliff on from the for-those-who-travel-odd-and-interesting-roads dept.

kingelvis asks: "I have been thinking of putting together a road trip with a theme - Traveling to factories, manufacturing plants, etc all over the country and taking their (free) tours. I've already thought of a few places; Boeing, Auto factories in Detriot, Ben & Jerry's, Jack Daniel's distillery, and so forth. I'm interested in everything from 747s to bottled water, so please respond with any public tour you can think of. Where are some cool places you'd recommend visiting to see how stuff gets made? "

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  1. intel ... by hfastedge · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I went to SanFran this summer, and I said...hey, why don't I drop in on Intel in Silicon Valley.

    I took the train down, and dropped in...

    They had some dinky ass little museum about how chips are made. And a single 20 inch tv screen showing 1 hallway in the actual production plant....

    It was the lamest thing ever.

    I had more fun pedal biking around the valley (and up the mountains) than at this excuse for a factory.

    Maybe the only tourist attraction is the apple campus. But Silicon Valley is just basically overpriced suburbs...., nothing exotic.

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    1. Re:intel ... by TheOnlyCoolTim · · Score: 3, Insightful

      What did you expect? Chips are made in a clean-room environment, no dirty tourists allowed.

      Tim

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