Pulverizer Building, Coke Ovens at Ford Rouge Plant, 1927
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In 1927, Ford Motor Company commissioned Charles Sheeler to make a series of documentary photographs of its Rouge plant near Dearborn, Michigan. This photo shows the building where coal was pulverized into an appropriate consistency for the plant's coke ovens. High-carbon coke, made from the pulverized coal, was used in making iron in Ford's blast furnaces.
In 1927, Ford Motor Company commissioned Charles Sheeler to make a series of documentary photographs of its Rouge plant near Dearborn, Michigan. This photo shows the building where coal was pulverized into an appropriate consistency for the plant's coke ovens. High-carbon coke, made from the pulverized coal, was used in making iron in Ford's blast furnaces.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1927
Subject Date
1927
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.50442
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: 7.875 in
Width: 11 in
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