Blast Furnace at Ford Rouge Plant, 1927
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Artifact Overview
Steel production at Ford's Rouge Plant encompassed every step from start to finish. Two massive blast furnaces operated 24 hours a day to feed a unique process that rarely allowed molten iron to cool before steelmaking or casting. Instead, ladles on railroad tracks waited below the furnaces to be filled with up to 75 tons of the lava-like metal for transport.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1927
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Originally photographed by Charles Sheeler in 1927 for Ford Motor Company. Copied by Ford Motor Company in 1929.
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.189.P.6583
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: 10.875 in
Width: 7.375 in
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