Ford Benzol Station to be Rebuilt, Highland Park Opposite Ford Plant, September 1936
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Ford Motor Company produced an alternative fuel, sold under the name Benzol, from 1932 to 1942. It consisted of three parts gasoline and one part light oil -- a by-product from the coal used in Ford's coke ovens. Ford never marketed Benzol beyond the Detroit area, and the company stopped making it altogether when the United States entered World War II.
Ford Motor Company produced an alternative fuel, sold under the name Benzol, from 1932 to 1942. It consisted of three parts gasoline and one part light oil -- a by-product from the coal used in Ford's coke ovens. Ford never marketed Benzol beyond the Detroit area, and the company stopped making it altogether when the United States entered World War II.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
11 September 1936
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.66697
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: 8.000 in
Width: 11.000 in
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