Ford Model T Gas Tank Assembly at the Highland Park Plant, 1913

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Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company employees assemble Model T gas tanks at the company's Highland Park plant in this 1913 photo. The workers at right are attaching sediment bulbs -- to catch debris carried in with fuel -- to the bottoms of the tanks. The workers at left are testing tanks for leaks by filling them with compressed air while holding the tanks underwater.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1913

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.833.113

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 in
Width: 10 in