Poster Showing an Aerial View of "The Rouge--World's Most Famous Plant," 1947
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Completed in 1928, Ford Motor Company's River Rouge Complex was the largest, most efficient manufacturing complex of its time. It quickly became an icon of modern industrial production. This poster depicts the vast Rouge Plant just after World War II, when Ford added an aircraft engine plant, armor-plate building, magnesium smelter and foundry, and naval training station for defense contract work.
Completed in 1928, Ford Motor Company's River Rouge Complex was the largest, most efficient manufacturing complex of its time. It quickly became an icon of modern industrial production. This poster depicts the vast Rouge Plant just after World War II, when Ford added an aircraft engine plant, armor-plate building, magnesium smelter and foundry, and naval training station for defense contract work.
Artifact
Poster
Date Made
1947
Subject Date
1947
Keywords
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
00.1334.123
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Photomechanical processes
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 19 in
Width: 24 in
Inscriptions
Printed at top of illustrated map: THE ROUGE- World's Most Famous Plant
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