Construction at Ford Motor Company Hydroelectric Station, Saline, Michigan, December 1935
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Artifact Overview
In the early 1920s, Henry Ford began locating small hydroelectrically powered plants in rural southeast Michigan. These "Village Industries" employed local people who could maintain farms while working at the factory. One plant, constructed in Saline in the mid-1930s, operated until 1947. During World War II, workers here processed soybean oil for paints and plastics and machined parts for Pratt & Whitney engines.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
23 December 1935
Subject Date
23 December 1935
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.188.15865
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: 8 in
Width: 11 in
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