Auxiliary Engine EDB-645, June 25, 1957

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Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company tested supercharged engines in the mid-1950s. Superchargers compress air going into a car's engine, effectively putting more oxygen into the cylinders for a more powerful explosion during each ignition stroke. This photograph from 1957 shows an auxiliary engine that boosted air pressure at the intake of an experimental engine's supercharger.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

25 June 1957

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2015.69.P.DEP.163494

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Family of Don "Sully" Sullivan.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.5 in
Width: 11 in

Auxiliary Engine EDB-645, June 25, 1957