Ford Motor Company Iron Mountain Plant, Wood Body Station Wagon Assembly, circa 1949
THF291389 / Ford Motor Company Iron Mountain Plant, Wood Body Station Wagon Assembly, circa 1949
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Artifact Overview
Ford Motor Company built wood station wagon bodies at its Iron Mountain plant in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. For 1949, Ford eliminated wood framing from its wagons in favor of steel. Wood was still used on the wagons, but in the form of specially laminated paneling bolted onto the steel frames. Iron Mountain closed when Ford switched to all-steel wagons in 1952.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
circa 1949
Subject Date
circa 1949
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.O.3497
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
Inscriptions
Back, bottom:
"Joseph Pallaconi, foreman, right"
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In pursuit of self-sufficient automobile manufacture, Henry Ford and Ford Motor Company purchased over 313,000 acres of timberland for logging in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. A massive sawmill complex and powerful hydroelectric plant were constructed at Iron Mountain. Here, sawmill workers produced huge quantities of lumber for wooden automobile framework, floorboards, and wheels.