Crankshafts in Machine Shop at the Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant, 1915
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Artifact Overview
The machine shop at Ford Motor Company's Highland Park plant was filled with highly specialized machine tools essential to Ford's mass production methods. This view from 1915 shows rows of grinders for Model T engine crankshafts, as well as the web of belts that transferred power to each grinder from overhead shafts.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
02 January 1915
Subject Date
02 January 1915
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.2296
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: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
Inscriptions
Typewritten on front and back:
Ford Machine Shop before the War. Practically all Ford machinery was dismantled and rearranged to produce War materials.
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