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- Ore Bridge Cranes at Ford Rouge Plant, Dearborn, Michigan, 1951 - The mile-long docks at the Ford Rouge Plant were a vision of efficiency. Freighters loaded down with coal, iron ore, or limestone from Ford-owned mines throughout the Midwest entered a canal slip. Enormous cranes lining the shore unloaded raw material from the docked ships into storage bins. Workers and machinery at the Rouge docks could handle several incoming freighters at once.
- June 11, 1951
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Ore Bridge Cranes at Ford Rouge Plant, Dearborn, Michigan, 1951
The mile-long docks at the Ford Rouge Plant were a vision of efficiency. Freighters loaded down with coal, iron ore, or limestone from Ford-owned mines throughout the Midwest entered a canal slip. Enormous cranes lining the shore unloaded raw material from the docked ships into storage bins. Workers and machinery at the Rouge docks could handle several incoming freighters at once.
- Aerial View of Ford Motor Company Sawmill, L'Anse, Michigan, August 1946 - In pursuit of self-sufficient automobile manufacture, Henry Ford and Ford Motor Company purchased over 313,000 acres of timberland for logging in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Ford established several remote milling sites, including this one at L'Anse on Keweenaw Bay. Lumber produced here was shipped to a plant at Iron Mountain and made into parts for Ford automobiles.
- August 06, 1946
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Aerial View of Ford Motor Company Sawmill, L'Anse, Michigan, August 1946
In pursuit of self-sufficient automobile manufacture, Henry Ford and Ford Motor Company purchased over 313,000 acres of timberland for logging in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Ford established several remote milling sites, including this one at L'Anse on Keweenaw Bay. Lumber produced here was shipped to a plant at Iron Mountain and made into parts for Ford automobiles.
- Men Restore a Vintage Steam Locomotive at the Ford Rouge Plant Locomotive Shop, April 1937 - Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant included a locomotive shop that employed as many as 475 people. These skilled workers maintained the Rouge's steam and diesel-electric locomotives, along with other heavy equipment. They also maintained locomotives of the Henry Ford-owned Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad, and they restored locomotives for Mr. Ford's Edison Institute museum.
- April 08, 1937
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Men Restore a Vintage Steam Locomotive at the Ford Rouge Plant Locomotive Shop, April 1937
Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant included a locomotive shop that employed as many as 475 people. These skilled workers maintained the Rouge's steam and diesel-electric locomotives, along with other heavy equipment. They also maintained locomotives of the Henry Ford-owned Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad, and they restored locomotives for Mr. Ford's Edison Institute museum.
- H.K. Porter Company Catalog, "Porter Steam Locomotives," 1943 - Founded in 1866, the H.K. Porter Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, built light industrial locomotives. These smaller engines were used in mines, mills, factories, construction sites, agricultural operations, and other specialized applications. Porter manufactured more than 8,000 steam, gasoline, and diesel-powered locomotives before exiting the business in 1950.
- 1943
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H.K. Porter Company Catalog, "Porter Steam Locomotives," 1943
Founded in 1866, the H.K. Porter Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, built light industrial locomotives. These smaller engines were used in mines, mills, factories, construction sites, agricultural operations, and other specialized applications. Porter manufactured more than 8,000 steam, gasoline, and diesel-powered locomotives before exiting the business in 1950.
- Ford Motor Company Tugboat "Dearborn," January 1937 - Ford Motor Company's tugboat <em>Dearborn</em> was built in 1932 by Great Lakes Engineering. Eighty-five feet long and rated at 660 horsepower, it was smaller than other tugs in Ford's fleet. The <em>Dearborn</em> mostly worked inside the Ford Rouge plant's harbor, shuttling barges between the harbor and the Rouge River proper. Ford sold the <em>Dearborn</em> in 1946.
- January 06, 1937
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Ford Motor Company Tugboat "Dearborn," January 1937
Ford Motor Company's tugboat Dearborn was built in 1932 by Great Lakes Engineering. Eighty-five feet long and rated at 660 horsepower, it was smaller than other tugs in Ford's fleet. The Dearborn mostly worked inside the Ford Rouge plant's harbor, shuttling barges between the harbor and the Rouge River proper. Ford sold the Dearborn in 1946.
- Lithographed Book Illustration, Milward & Oldershaw's Pork Packing Plant on the Ohio River, Covington, Kentucky, 1851 -
- 1842
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Lithographed Book Illustration, Milward & Oldershaw's Pork Packing Plant on the Ohio River, Covington, Kentucky, 1851
- Ford Motor Company Ships "Henry Ford II" and "Benson Ford" at Ford Rouge Plant, May 1943 - Henry Ford had two ore freighters built in 1924 and named them after his grandsons -- Henry Ford II and Benson Ford. The ships traveled the Great Lakes, transporting raw materials and finished products to and from Ford's Rouge manufacturing complex. This photograph shows the <em>Benson Ford</em> and the <em>Henry Ford II</em> docked at the Rouge in 1943.
- May 31, 1943
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Ford Motor Company Ships "Henry Ford II" and "Benson Ford" at Ford Rouge Plant, May 1943
Henry Ford had two ore freighters built in 1924 and named them after his grandsons -- Henry Ford II and Benson Ford. The ships traveled the Great Lakes, transporting raw materials and finished products to and from Ford's Rouge manufacturing complex. This photograph shows the Benson Ford and the Henry Ford II docked at the Rouge in 1943.
- Aerial View of Industrial Area, Michigan, circa 1905 - This photograph, showing an aerial view of an unidentified industrial area, was clipped from a scrapbook owned by Detroit Edison electric utility's Photographic Department. Subjects included quarries, lumbering operations, railroad building, electric power stations, and waterways throughout the state of Michigan.
- circa 1905
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Aerial View of Industrial Area, Michigan, circa 1905
This photograph, showing an aerial view of an unidentified industrial area, was clipped from a scrapbook owned by Detroit Edison electric utility's Photographic Department. Subjects included quarries, lumbering operations, railroad building, electric power stations, and waterways throughout the state of Michigan.
- Menlo Park Laboratory, Original Site, Edison, New Jersey, 1876-1883 -
- 1876-1883
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Menlo Park Laboratory, Original Site, Edison, New Jersey, 1876-1883
- Interior of Ford Motor Company Sawmill, Munising, Michigan, 1945 - Ford Motor Company had several facilities in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Henry Ford purchased an abandoned sawmill at Munising, Michigan, in 1944. He began renovations on the mill, but Mr. Ford's failing health prevented him from completing the project. The Munising sawmill was sold, along with other Ford-owned Upper Peninsula properties, after Mr. Ford's death in 1947.
- August 20, 1945
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Interior of Ford Motor Company Sawmill, Munising, Michigan, 1945
Ford Motor Company had several facilities in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Henry Ford purchased an abandoned sawmill at Munising, Michigan, in 1944. He began renovations on the mill, but Mr. Ford's failing health prevented him from completing the project. The Munising sawmill was sold, along with other Ford-owned Upper Peninsula properties, after Mr. Ford's death in 1947.