Tool and Die Department in Pressed Steel Building, Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, Dearborn, Michigan, 1928
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Artifact Overview
The pressed-steel building at Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant produced steel components like automobile fenders, body panels, and roof sections. In the late 1930s, the building had more than 4,000 presses, and 10,000 workers turned out more than 2,000 different parts. Some of those parts were used at the Rouge, and some were shipped to other Ford assembly plants.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
01 February 1928
Subject Date
01 February 1928
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.50971
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
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Engineers at Ford's Highland Park plant had fine-tuned the moving assembly line. With this experience in hand, Ford created the "B" Building at its new River Rouge complex with extensive conveyer systems to accommodate the flow of parts and assembly processes. Here, line workers prepare chassis on the assembly line before they are coupled with their respective bodies.