Construction of Ford Motor Company Hydro Electric Station in Saline, Michigan, 1935
Artifact
Photographic print
Summary
In the early 1920s, Henry Ford began locating small hydroelectrically powered plants in rural southeast Michigan. These "Village Industries" employed local people who could maintain farms while working at the factory. One plant, constructed in Saline in the mid-1930s, operated until 1947. During World War II, workers here processed soybean oil for paints and plastics and machined parts for Pratt & Whitney engines.
Place of Creation
Keywords
Object ID
P.188.15867
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
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Construction of Ford Motor Company Hydro Electric Station in Saline, Michigan, 1935
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