Group Seated in Henry Ford Museum near the Ford Highland Park Plant Gas-Steam Engine, July 1939

THF707102 / Group Seated in Henry Ford Museum near the Ford Highland Park Plant Gas-Steam Engine, July 1939

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

July 1939

Creators

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.P.188.44980

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.437 in
Width: 10.875 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Photographic prints Photographs Interior views Engines (Power producing equipment) Museum exhibits Museums Visitors Hybrid engines Henry Ford (Organization). Henry Ford Museum

Artifact
Highland Park Plant Engine- Generator, 1915-1916
Ford's Model T mass production system would not have been practical without electricity; by 1919 nine of these Ford-designed hybrid internal combustion/steam engines generated the power needed by the Highland Park plant's assembly lines and associated machinery. By 1926 the engines were rendered obsolete when electricity was fed from the power plant at Ford's River Rouge plant ten miles away.