Ore Bridge Crane at Ford Rouge Plant, 1932
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Artifact Overview
The suspended bucket in this photograph is an ore unloader. Workers at docks on the River Rouge scooped iron ore from the holds of freighters into the jaws of these unloaders. The large aerial shovels carried their loads along transfer cranes and deposited them into concrete-walled storage bins. Workers at Ford's Rouge Plant used the ore to produce steel.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
22 June 1932
Subject Date
1932
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.189.10064
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 11 in
Width: 7.5 in
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Engineers at Ford's Highland Park plant had fine-tuned the moving assembly line. With this experience in hand, Ford created the "B" Building at its new River Rouge complex with extensive conveyer systems to accommodate the flow of parts and assembly processes. Here, line workers prepare chassis on the assembly line before they are coupled with their respective bodies.