Aerial View of Ford Rouge Plant, 1930
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This aerial view shows Ford Motor Company's sprawling Rouge plant--the largest, most efficient manufacturing complex of its time. Ford established its administrative headquarters here in 1928, around the same time the company began manufacturing automobiles from start to finish at the plant. The Rouge became not only central to Ford's operation but an icon of modern industrial efficiency.
This aerial view shows Ford Motor Company's sprawling Rouge plant--the largest, most efficient manufacturing complex of its time. Ford established its administrative headquarters here in 1928, around the same time the company began manufacturing automobiles from start to finish at the plant. The Rouge became not only central to Ford's operation but 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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