Construction of Railroad Tracks at the Ford Rouge Plant, 1947
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Artifact Overview
Some 100 miles of railroad track covered the grounds of Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant. The automaker maintained its own fleet of locomotives to move incoming railcars loaded with raw materials, and outgoing railcars filled with finished parts and automobiles, around the complex. Additionally, specialized tank cars ferried molten iron from the factory's blast furnaces to its foundry.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
20 June 1947
Subject Date
20 June 1947
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.84361
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Typewriting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10.938 in
Inscriptions
Typwritten text on back: Railroad Auto Crane 6-20-47
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