Straightaway Turnaround, Michigan Proving Ground, circa 1955
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Artifact Overview
In 1957, Ford Motor Company opened a 4,000-acre proving ground near Romeo, Michigan. The facility included a high-speed test track, roads of various surfaces and topographies, a hill climb track, and a salt bath -- along with offices, garages and support structures. Press reports claimed it was "engineered with every conceivable device to test the durability of passenger cars."
Artifact Details
Artifact
Slide (Photograph)
Subject Date
circa 1955
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2017.109.34
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Pieronek Studios, Hamtramck, Michigan.
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 2 in
Width: 2 in
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