Ships in Ford Rouge Plant Boat Slip at Night, May 1936

THF274184 / Ships in Ford Rouge Plant Boat Slip at Night, May 1936
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Artifact Overview

Unlike Ford's Highland Park plant, the Rouge enjoyed direct access to Great Lakes marine traffic via the Rouge and Detroit Rivers. Raw materials -- like iron ore for the blast furnaces -- came in by boat, while finished products moved out the same way. Ford ultimately owned more than 30 vessels including barges, tugs, canal boats, ocean-going ships, and lake-going ore boats.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

14 May 1936

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.66042.A

Credit

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

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.00 in
Width: 10.75 in