Worker Monitoring Portland Cement Filtering Process at the Ford Rouge Plant, 1935

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Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company's massive Rouge industrial complex near Dearborn, Michigan, included a cement plant. Slag from the Rouge's blast furnaces was mixed with lime and smaller amounts of silica, alumina, iron oxide, and magnesia to make Portland cement. The cement plant remained in operation for about 20 years, and it produced more than 2,000 barrels a day at its peak.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

02 May 1935

Subject Date

02 May 1935

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.833.62919.A

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: 7.875 in
Width: 11 in