Milling Machines in the Ford Highland Park Plant Machine Shop, circa 1912

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Artifact Overview

This machine milled the bottoms of Model T engine cylinder blocks. Rough block castings were loaded into the machine 15 at a time. The castings were then moved under spinning cutters that shaped the bottoms of the blocks. Six of these machines were used in this operation at Ford's Highland Park plant.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1912

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.05319

Credit

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

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.25 in
Width: 10.5 in