Henry Ford Trade School Students Walking Past the Ford Rouge Plant Blast Furnace, October 6, 1937

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Artifact Overview

Three blast furnaces at Ford's Rouge plant converted raw iron oxide ore into metallic iron. The furnaces were named for Henry Ford's grandsons. Blast Furnace A, the "Henry Ford II," opened in May 1920, while the identical Blast Furnace B, the "Benson Ford," followed in October 1922. The larger Blast Furnace C, the "William Clay Ford," opened in November 1948.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

06 October 1937

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.68933.A

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 11.25 in
Width: 8 in

Henry Ford Trade School Students Walking Past the Ford Rouge Plant Blast Furnace, October 6, 1937