Crankshafts in Machine Shop at the Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant, 1915
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Ford's Highland Park Plant was designed by renowned industrial architect Albert Kahn. The plant's machine shop was filled with highly specialized machine tools that were essential to Ford's mass production methods. This view from 1915 shows engine crankshafts in various states of completion, as well as the web of belts that transferred power to each machine from overhead shafts.
Ford's Highland Park Plant was designed by renowned industrial architect Albert Kahn. The plant's machine shop was filled with highly specialized machine tools that were essential to Ford's mass production methods. This view from 1915 shows engine crankshafts in various states of completion, as well as the web of belts that transferred power to each machine from overhead shafts.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
02 January 1915
Subject Date
02 January 1915
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.2296
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: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
Inscriptions
Typewritten on front and back: Ford Machine Shop before the War. Practically all Ford machinery was dismantled and rearranged to produce War materials.
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