Ore Bridge Cranes at Ford Rouge Plant, Dearborn, Michigan, 1951

Summary

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

 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

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