Ford Locomotive Tender Being Filled with Water at Rouge Plant, March 24, 1945
THF274316 / Ford Locomotive Tender Being Filled with Water at Rouge Plant, March 24, 1945
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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
Subject Date
24 March 1945
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.81508.5
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.