Milling Machine for Brake Drum Roughing Operations, Ford Rouge Plant, 1933
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Engineers at Ford's Highland Park plant fine-tuned the moving assembly line. With this experience, Ford created the "B" Building at its new River Rouge complex with extensive conveyer systems to accommodate the flow of parts and processes. Here, a milling machine performs a roughing operation on brake drums. Ford automobiles didn't receive hydraulic brakes until the 1939 model year.
Engineers at Ford's Highland Park plant fine-tuned the moving assembly line. With this experience, Ford created the "B" Building at its new River Rouge complex with extensive conveyer systems to accommodate the flow of parts and processes. Here, a milling machine performs a roughing operation on brake drums. Ford automobiles didn't receive hydraulic brakes until the 1939 model year.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
15 April 1933
Subject Date
15 April 1933
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.833.57935.9
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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