Barges Loaded with Shipping Crates at the Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant, Edgewater, New Jersey, January 1942
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Ford Motor Company opened its branch factory in Edgewater, New Jersey, in 1930. Located across the Hudson River from New York City, the Edgewater plant cost $25 million and was one of the largest industrial facilities in the Northeast. Ford closed the Edgewater factory in 1955. It was replaced by a new plant at Mahwah, New Jersey.
Ford Motor Company opened its branch factory in Edgewater, New Jersey, in 1930. Located across the Hudson River from New York City, the Edgewater plant cost $25 million and was one of the largest industrial facilities in the Northeast. Ford closed the Edgewater factory in 1955. It was replaced by a new plant at Mahwah, New Jersey.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
21 January 1942
Subject Date
21 January 1942
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.76538
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: 8 in
Width: 10.875 in
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