Poster Showing an Aerial View of "The Rouge--World's Most Famous Plant," 1947

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Artifact Overview

Completed in 1928, Ford Motor Company's River Rouge Complex was the largest, most efficient manufacturing complex of its time. It quickly became an icon of modern industrial production. This poster depicts the vast Rouge Plant just after World War II, when Ford added an aircraft engine plant, armor-plate building, magnesium smelter and foundry, and naval training station for defense contract work.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Poster

Date Made

1947

Subject Date

1947

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

00.1334.123

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Photomechanical processes

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 19 in
Width: 24 in

Inscriptions

Printed at top of illustrated map: THE ROUGE- World's Most Famous Plant
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