The Michelin Man
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Michelin Man by Robert Ashby as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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The Michelin Man
Image: © Robert Ashby Taken: 20 Apr 2013
The Michelin Tyre Factory near Ballymena produces bus and truck tyres and is the only truck tyre manufacturer in Ireland. Opened in December 1969, by Sept 1st 2012 it had produced 30 million tyres.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
54.879384
Longitude
-6.239431