Ore Bridge Cranes at Ford Rouge Plant, Dearborn, Michigan, 1951
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The mile-long docks at the Ford Rouge Plant were a vision of efficiency. Freighters loaded down with coal, iron ore, or limestone from Ford-owned mines throughout the Midwest entered a canal slip. Enormous cranes lining the shore unloaded raw material from the docked ships into storage bins. Workers and machinery at the Rouge docks could handle several incoming freighters at once.
The mile-long docks at the Ford Rouge Plant were a vision of efficiency. Freighters loaded down with coal, iron ore, or limestone from Ford-owned mines throughout the Midwest entered a canal slip. Enormous cranes lining the shore unloaded raw material from the docked ships into storage bins. Workers and machinery at the Rouge docks could handle several incoming freighters at once.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
11 June 1951
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.833.95983.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 9 in