Blast Furnace Buildings and Powerhouse Stacks at the Ford Rouge Plant, March 1936
THF115358 / Blast Furnace Buildings and Powerhouse Stacks at the Ford Rouge Plant, March 1936
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Artifact Overview
In the 1930s, two blast furnaces at Ford's Rouge plant converted raw iron oxide ore into metallic iron. The furnaces operated 24 hours a day, and each one produced 1,200 tons of iron per day. Ore arrived via Great Lakes freighters, while coke used in the iron-making process moved to the furnaces in hopper cars on an elevated railroad line.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
04 March 1936
Subject Date
04 March 1936
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.65387
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 11 in
Width: 8 in
Inscriptions
Typing on tape on back yellowed covering typed caption reads:
65387 - FORD BLAST FURNACE AND HI LINE AT ROUGE PLANT
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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.