Stamping Presses in the Ford Plant in Buffalo, New York, April 1952

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Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company opened a stamping plant in Buffalo, New York, in 1950. The facility produced sheet metal stampings and welded sub-assembly components for other Ford factories. The Buffalo Stamping Plant was expanded several times over the years. By the 2020s, its floor space had doubled from an initial 1.2 million square feet to more than 2.4 million square feet.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

17 April 1952

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.833.98673.1

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: 7.75 in
Width: 9.5 in

Inscriptions

caption: Huge presses give flat steel sheets the flowing contours and distinctive lines which mark the modern automobile. (Photographed at the Buffalo, N.Y., stamping plant of Ford Motor Company.)---FROM NEWS DEPARTMENT Ford Motor Company DEARBORN, MICHIGAN