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
Creators
Place of Creation
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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SetThe Rouge
- 22 Artifacts
In 1927, Ford Motor Company commissioned Charles Sheeler to do a series of documentary photographs of its River Rouge industrial complex near Dearborn, Michigan. The conveyors moved coal and coke to the pulverizing building and screening stations. Coke made from coal was used in the steelmaking process of the blast furnaces. This vigorous photograph shows Sheeler's ability to form a compelling image from a complicated scene.
SetFord Rouge Railroad
- 36 Artifacts
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.