Blast Furnace at Ford Rouge Plant, 1927
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In 1927 Ford Motor Company commissioned Charles Sheeler to do a series of documentary photographs of its River Rouge industrial complex near Dearborn, Michigan. This photograph shows a blast furnace cast house. The bustle pipe, used to blast hot air into the furnace, encircles the base. Sheeler captures the breathtaking moment when the brightly shining molten metal illuminates the interior.
In 1927 Ford Motor Company commissioned Charles Sheeler to do a series of documentary photographs of its River Rouge industrial complex near Dearborn, Michigan. This photograph shows a blast furnace cast house. The bustle pipe, used to blast hot air into the furnace, encircles the base. Sheeler captures the breathtaking moment when the brightly shining molten metal illuminates the interior.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1927
Creators
Ford Motor Company. Engineering Photographic Department
Place of Creation
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Creator Notes
Originally photographed by Charles Sheeler in 1927 for Ford Motor Company. Copied by Ford Motor Company in 1929.
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.189.P.6578
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: 10.875 in
Width: 7.375 in
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