Ford Benzol Station to be Rebuilt, Highland Park Opposite Ford Plant, September 1936
Artifact
Photographic print
Summary
Ford Motor Company produced an alternative fuel, sold under the name Benzol, from 1932 to 1942. It consisted of three parts gasoline and one part light oil -- a by-product from the coal used in Ford's coke ovens. Ford never marketed Benzol beyond the Detroit area, and the company stopped making it altogether when the United States entered World War II.
Object ID
64.167.833.P.66697
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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Ford Benzol Station to be Rebuilt, Highland Park Opposite Ford Plant, September 1936
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