Torch Used at the Dedication of the "Henry" and "Benson" Blast Furnaces, Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, 1920 and 1922
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Artifact Overview
With help from his grandfather, two-year-old Henry Ford II used this torch to light the first blast furnace at Ford Motor Company's Rouge factory in 1920. Two years later, his younger brother Benson Ford, three years old at the time, lit the Rouge's second furnace with the same torch. Each of the furnaces, nicknamed "Henry" and "Benson", produced 1,200 tons of iron a day.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Kerosene torch
Date Made
circa 1920
Subject Date
1920-1922
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
00.1510.89
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. From the Estate of Henry and Clara Ford.
Material
Chromium
Metal
Dimensions
Diameter: 4 in
Length: 13 in
Height: 4.5 in
Inscriptions
plaque:
HENRY FURNACE / RIVER ROUGE PLANT / CONSTRUCTED 1917-1920 / BEGAN OPERATION MONDAY, MAY 17,1920. 11:58 A.M. / THIS LAMP USED BY HENRY FORD II
plaque:
BENSON FURNACE / RIVER ROUGE PLANT / CONSTRUCTED 1917-1920 / BEGAN OPERATION WEDNESDAY OCT.11,1922. 11:20 A.M. / THIS LAMP USED BY BENSON FORD
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