Employees in the Powerhouse at the Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, June 1939
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The powerhouse at Ford Motor Company's Rouge factory was readily identified by its eight tall smokestacks. Steam turbines, fueled by pulverized coal, generated electricity for the massive Rouge complex -- and for Ford's Highland Park and Flat Rock plants, and for Lincoln's Detroit plant. The Rouge sometimes generated surplus power that could be sold to Detroit Edison Company.
The powerhouse at Ford Motor Company's Rouge factory was readily identified by its eight tall smokestacks. Steam turbines, fueled by pulverized coal, generated electricity for the massive Rouge complex -- and for Ford's Highland Park and Flat Rock plants, and for Lincoln's Detroit plant. The Rouge sometimes generated surplus power that could be sold to Detroit Edison Company.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
20 June 1939
Subject Date
20 June 1939
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.147.P.833.71967
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
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