View of Rouge Plant Coke Ovens from Quenching Tower, 1934
THF274230 / View of Rouge Plant Coke Ovens from Quenching Tower, 1934
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Artifact Overview
Enormous coke ovens at Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant converted coal into high-carbon coke, which was then used in the factory's blast furnaces to produce iron. This view looks back toward the coke ovens from inside the quenching tower, where a specialized railcar carrying red-hot coke was doused with thousands of gallons of water.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1934
Subject Date
1934
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.59642
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: 11.063 in
Width: 7.938 in
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Enormous coke ovens at Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant converted coal into high-carbon coke, which was then used in the factory's blast furnaces to produce iron. After the red-hot coke was pushed from the ovens, a specialized railroad car carried it to the quenching tower, where the coke was doused with thousands of gallons of water.
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Related Content
SetFord Rouge Railroad
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Ford Motor Company operated its own industrial railroad at the Rouge factory. Ford-owned locomotives moved incoming railcars filled with raw materials, and outgoing railcars loaded with finished parts and vehicles. Ford employees crewed trains, cared for locomotives, and maintained 100 miles of track within the factory grounds. At its 1930s peak, Ford's Rouge railroad was one of the largest privately owned rail operations in the world.