Henry Ford Visiting United Steel Company Plant, Canton, Ohio, July 1906

THF114313 / Henry Ford Visiting United Steel Company Plant, Canton, Ohio, July 1906
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Artifact Overview

Henry Ford (third from right) and his consultant metallurgist J. Kent Smith (third from left) pose with a group at United Steel Company's plant in 1906. Ford contracted the company to produce vanadium steel -- an alloy both lighter and stronger than standard carbon steel. Ford used vanadium steel in his Model K, N, and T automobiles.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Subject Date

July 1906

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.N.O.10456

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 4 in
Width: 5 in