Diesel Locomotive at the Ford Rouge Plant, November 1937
THF285456 / Diesel Locomotive at the Ford Rouge Plant, November 1937
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Artifact Overview
Some 100 miles of railroad track covered the grounds of Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant. The automaker maintained its own fleet of locomotives to move incoming railcars loaded with raw materials, and outgoing railcars filled with finished parts and automobiles, around the complex. Additionally, specialized tank cars ferried molten iron from the factory's blast furnaces to its foundry.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
10 November 1937
Subject Date
10 November 1937
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.69302.B
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: 11 in
Width: 7.875 in
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