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- Coke Ovens at Ford Rouge Plant Quenching Tower, November 27, 1939 - Enormous coke ovens at Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant converted coal into high-carbon coke, which was then used in the factory's blast furnaces to produce iron. After the red-hot coke was pushed from the ovens, a specialized railroad car carried it to the quenching tower, where the coke was doused with thousands of gallons of water.
- November 27, 1939
- Collections - Artifact
Coke Ovens at Ford Rouge Plant Quenching Tower, November 27, 1939
Enormous coke ovens at Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant converted coal into high-carbon coke, which was then used in the factory's blast furnaces to produce iron. After the red-hot coke was pushed from the ovens, a specialized railroad car carried it to the quenching tower, where the coke was doused with thousands of gallons of water.
- View of Rouge Plant Coke Ovens from Quenching Tower, 1934 - Enormous coke ovens at Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant converted coal into high-carbon coke, which was then used in the factory's blast furnaces to produce iron. This view looks back toward the coke ovens from inside the quenching tower, where a specialized railcar carrying red-hot coke was doused with thousands of gallons of water.
- 1934
- Collections - Artifact
View of Rouge Plant Coke Ovens from Quenching Tower, 1934
Enormous coke ovens at Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant converted coal into high-carbon coke, which was then used in the factory's blast furnaces to produce iron. This view looks back toward the coke ovens from inside the quenching tower, where a specialized railcar carrying red-hot coke was doused with thousands of gallons of water.