Aerial View of Ford Rouge Plant, 1930
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This photograph shows Ford Motor Company's River Rouge Complex in 1930. Completed in 1928 along the newly-dredged River Rouge, the Rouge Plant was the largest, most efficient manufacturing complex of its time. It quickly became an icon of modern industrial efficiency.
This photograph shows Ford Motor Company's River Rouge Complex in 1930. Completed in 1928 along the newly-dredged River Rouge, the Rouge Plant was the largest, most efficient manufacturing complex of its time. It quickly became an icon of modern industrial efficiency.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1930
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.55282.A
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: 8.5 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Typing on back of image reads: RIVER ROUGE PLANT MANUFACTURING CAPACITY:- 5000 Units. 16 Hours NUMBER OF MEN ON PAYROLL AT CAPACITY:- 81,000 TOTAL FLOOR SPACE:- 6,952,484 sq. ft. INVESTMENT (all values are before deduction for depreciation) Land and Land Improvements $ 23,853,020.68 Bldgs, Fixtures, and Structures $53,298,090.42 Tools, Machinery, and Equipment, and Equipment $191,843,480.97 Total $ 268,991,592.07.
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