Railroad Cars and Fordson Tractor Parts at Rouge Plant, 1921
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Ford's River Rouge Plant was conceived as a site for the mass manufacture of Fordson tractors. For a time, it was actually called the Fordson Plant. This photograph of the Rouge's B building craneway shows tractor parts awaiting assembly. To make way for the Model A in 1928, tractor production was discontinued and relocated to Cork, Ireland.
Ford's River Rouge Plant was conceived as a site for the mass manufacture of Fordson tractors. For a time, it was actually called the Fordson Plant. This photograph of the Rouge's B building craneway shows tractor parts awaiting assembly. To make way for the Model A in 1928, tractor production was discontinued and relocated to Cork, Ireland.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
08 March 1921
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.189.1310
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: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in
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