View of Ford Rouge Plant from Coal Bridge, August 20, 1937
THF274258 / View of Ford Rouge Plant from Coal Bridge, August 20, 1937
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Artifact Overview
Ford's Rouge plant had storage bins that held up to two million tons of iron ore, limestone, and coal. The concrete-walled bins were located along the boat slip. Material could be unloaded by crane from Great Lakes freighters and deposited directly into the bins, or it could be emptied by gravity from hopper cars on an elevated railroad line.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
20 August 1937
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.68674.C
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: 11.00 in
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SetFord Rouge Railroad
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Ford Motor Company operated its own industrial railroad at the Rouge factory. Ford-owned locomotives moved incoming railcars filled with raw materials, and outgoing railcars loaded with finished parts and vehicles. Ford employees crewed trains, cared for locomotives, and maintained 100 miles of track within the factory grounds. At its 1930s peak, Ford's Rouge railroad was one of the largest privately owned rail operations in the world.