Henry Ford and Hydropower

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Childhood visits to the local mill sparked a young Henry Ford’s lifelong fascination with water power.

Young Henry Ford, circa 1876, with Waterwheel, by Irving R. Bacon, 1935 - 3

Henry Ford, Clara Ford and Milton Bryant on the Rouge River Dam at Fair Lane Estate, 1915-1920

Henry Ford Building a Dam with Leonard and Raymond Firestone and Others, Columbiana County, Ohio, August 1918

The "Vagabonds" on a Camping Trip, Lead Mine, West Virginia, 1918 - 1

Henry Ford at Wilson Dam, near Muscle Shoals, Alabama, 1921

Henry Ford and Party in Washington to Discuss the Muscle Shoals Project with Secretary John Weeks, 1923

1924 Ford Motor Company Institutional Message Advertising Campaign, "Vital Resources that Cannot Fail" - 1

Gristmill near the Wayside Inn, Sudbury, Massachusetts, circa 1928

Ford Village Industries Dundee Hydro Plant, 1937

Ford Motor Company Twin Cities Plant and Dam, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1938

Inside Willow Run Ford Village Industry Plant Powerhouse, February 1940

Ford Institutional Advertisement, "A Boy, a Water Wheel, and a Dream," 1944

Keywords	Henry Ford hydropower
Themes	Power & Energy

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