Fireless Locomotive at the Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant Steel Mill, 1936
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Ford Motor Company owned locomotives to move railcars around the Rouge plant. This fireless locomotive had no firebox, and it lacked a tender to carry coal and water. Instead, it had a reservoir that was filled with pressurized, superheated water supplied from an external source. Ford's fireless locomotive could operate inside factory buildings without fear of cinders, smoke, or fumes.
Ford Motor Company owned locomotives to move railcars around the Rouge plant. This fireless locomotive had no firebox, and it lacked a tender to carry coal and water. Instead, it had a reservoir that was filled with pressurized, superheated water supplied from an external source. Ford's fireless locomotive could operate inside factory buildings without fear of cinders, smoke, or fumes.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
24 February 1936
Subject Date
24 February 1936
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.65291
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: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in
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