Ford Benzol Station to be Rebuilt, Highland Park Opposite Ford Plant, September 1936

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Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company produced an alternative fuel, sold under the name Benzol, from 1932 to 1942. It consisted of three parts gasoline and one part light oil -- a by-product from the coal used in Ford's coke ovens. Ford never marketed Benzol beyond the Detroit area, and the company stopped making it altogether when the United States entered World War II.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

11 September 1936

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.66697.A

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: 8.000 in
Width: 11.000 in

Ford Benzol Station to be Rebuilt, Highland Park Opposite Ford Plant, September 1936