Workers on Piston Assembly Line, Fordson Tractor Plant, Cork, Ireland, February, 1929

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Artifact Overview

Henry Ford formed an Irish subsidiary company, Henry Ford & Son Limited, in 1917. He opened a tractor plant in County Cork, Ireland, two years later. The factory soon began building components for Ford automobiles, and tractor production ceased in 1922. Tractors returned to the factory's product output in 1929, but the Depression ended Cork tractor production for good in 1932.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

12 February 1929

Subject Date

12 February 1929

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.X.38.74

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: 7.938 in
Width: 11 in