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Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Locomotive No. 16 at Ford Motor Company Headlight Plant, Flat Rock, Michigan, 1923

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Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company opened an automotive lamp factory on the Huron River at Flat Rock, Michigan, in 1923. Water-driven turbines supplied the plant's electricity. The nearby dam was next to a bridge that carried both a factory access road and the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad across the river. Ford ended production at the plant in 1950.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

26 July 1923

Creators

Collection Title

Photographic Vertical File Series

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.189.2028

Credit

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

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10.25 in

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Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Locomotive No. 16 at Ford Motor Company Headlight Plant, Flat Rock, Michigan, 1923