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- Ford Motor Company Headlight Plant, Flat Rock, Michigan, 1942 - Henry Ford began setting up small-scale factories in towns throughout southeast Michigan in the 1920s. These "Village Industries" employed local people and supplied Ford with parts and equipment. The Flat Rock automotive lamp factory opened in 1923, powered by hydroelectric turbines on the Huron River. Workers produced tens of millions of lamp assemblies before Ford left the factory in 1950.
- July 27, 1942
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Ford Motor Company Headlight Plant, Flat Rock, Michigan, 1942
Henry Ford began setting up small-scale factories in towns throughout southeast Michigan in the 1920s. These "Village Industries" employed local people and supplied Ford with parts and equipment. The Flat Rock automotive lamp factory opened in 1923, powered by hydroelectric turbines on the Huron River. Workers produced tens of millions of lamp assemblies before Ford left the factory in 1950.
- Number of Men Working in Ford Motor Company Plants Listed by Nationalities, August 1935 - Employees of Ford Motor Company made up a diverse workforce drawn from around the world. This list, compiled in August 1935, shows more than 60 nations and territories represented by 66,000 hourly workers at various Ford plants in southeast Michigan.
- August 28, 1935
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Number of Men Working in Ford Motor Company Plants Listed by Nationalities, August 1935
Employees of Ford Motor Company made up a diverse workforce drawn from around the world. This list, compiled in August 1935, shows more than 60 nations and territories represented by 66,000 hourly workers at various Ford plants in southeast Michigan.
- Ford Motor Company Headlight Plant, Flat Rock, Michigan, 1942 - Henry Ford began setting up small-scale factories in towns throughout southeast Michigan in the 1920s. These "Village Industries" employed local people and supplied Ford with parts and equipment. The Flat Rock automotive lamp factory opened in 1923, powered by hydroelectric turbines on the Huron River. Workers produced tens of millions of lamp assemblies before Ford left the factory in 1950.
- July 27, 1942
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Ford Motor Company Headlight Plant, Flat Rock, Michigan, 1942
Henry Ford began setting up small-scale factories in towns throughout southeast Michigan in the 1920s. These "Village Industries" employed local people and supplied Ford with parts and equipment. The Flat Rock automotive lamp factory opened in 1923, powered by hydroelectric turbines on the Huron River. Workers produced tens of millions of lamp assemblies before Ford left the factory in 1950.
- Commercial Exhibit at the Ford Highland Park Plant, "Making Ford Head Lamps at Flat Rock," June 1932 - Ford Motor Company opened a commercial exhibit in the former powerhouse of the Highland Park plant in 1930. It highlighted Ford's commercial vehicle line -- for example trucks, vans and buses, and a variety of commercial car bodies -- available to businesspeople and entrepreneurs. Ford updated the exhibit over the years with displays featuring new vehicle models, modern automotive parts and equipment, and replicated outdoor settings.
- June 30, 1932
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Commercial Exhibit at the Ford Highland Park Plant, "Making Ford Head Lamps at Flat Rock," June 1932
Ford Motor Company opened a commercial exhibit in the former powerhouse of the Highland Park plant in 1930. It highlighted Ford's commercial vehicle line -- for example trucks, vans and buses, and a variety of commercial car bodies -- available to businesspeople and entrepreneurs. Ford updated the exhibit over the years with displays featuring new vehicle models, modern automotive parts and equipment, and replicated outdoor settings.
- D.T. & I. Railroad Locomotive No. 16 at Ford Motor Company Headlight Plant, Flat Rock, Michigan, 1923 - Ford Motor Company opened an automotive lamp factory on the Huron River at Flat Rock, Michigan, in 1923. Water-driven turbines supplied the plant's electricity. The nearby dam was next to a bridge that carried both a factory access road and the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad across the river. Ford ended production at the plant in 1950.
- July 26, 1923
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D.T. & I. Railroad Locomotive No. 16 at Ford Motor Company Headlight Plant, Flat Rock, Michigan, 1923
Ford Motor Company opened an automotive lamp factory on the Huron River at Flat Rock, Michigan, in 1923. Water-driven turbines supplied the plant's electricity. The nearby dam was next to a bridge that carried both a factory access road and the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad across the river. Ford ended production at the plant in 1950.
- Aerial View, Ford Motor Company Headlight Plant, Flat Rock, Michigan, 1927 - Ford Motor Company opened an automotive lamp factory on the Huron River at Flat Rock, Michigan, in 1923. Water-driven turbines supplied the plant's electricity. The nearby dam was next to a bridge that carried both a factory access road and the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad across the river. Ford ended production at the plant in 1950.
- October 19, 1927
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Aerial View, Ford Motor Company Headlight Plant, Flat Rock, Michigan, 1927
Ford Motor Company opened an automotive lamp factory on the Huron River at Flat Rock, Michigan, in 1923. Water-driven turbines supplied the plant's electricity. The nearby dam was next to a bridge that carried both a factory access road and the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad across the river. Ford ended production at the plant in 1950.