Cement Plant at the Ford Rouge Plant, June 6, 1945

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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

Subject Date

06 June 1945

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.81833.5

Credit

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

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Backing (Textile material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.25 in
Width: 11 in

Cement Plant at the Ford Rouge Plant, June 6, 1945