Railroad Cars and Fordson Tractor Parts at Rouge Plant, 1921

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Artifact Overview

Ford's River Rouge Plant was conceived as a site for the mass manufacture of Fordson tractors. For a time, it was actually called the Fordson Plant. This photograph of the Rouge's "B" Building craneway shows tractor parts awaiting assembly. To make way for the Model A in 1928, tractor production was discontinued and relocated to Cork, Ireland.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

08 March 1921

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.189.1310

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: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in

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