Fireless Locomotive at the Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant Steel Mill, 1936
THF704474 / Fireless Locomotive at the Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant Steel Mill, 1936
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Artifact Overview
Ford Motor Company owned locomotives to move railcars around the Rouge plant. This fireless locomotive had no firebox, and it lacked a tender to carry coal and water. Instead, it had a reservoir that was filled with pressurized, superheated water supplied from an external source. Ford's fireless locomotive could operate inside factory buildings without fear of cinders, smoke or fumes.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
24 February 1936
Subject Date
24 February 1936
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.65291
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in
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SetFord Rouge Railroad
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Ford Motor Company operated its own industrial railroad at the Rouge factory. Ford-owned locomotives moved incoming railcars filled with raw materials, and outgoing railcars loaded with finished parts and vehicles. Ford employees crewed trains, cared for locomotives, and maintained 100 miles of track within the factory grounds. At its 1930s peak, Ford's Rouge railroad was one of the largest privately owned rail operations in the world.