Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Bridge over Rouge River, circa 1925
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When the Army Corps of Engineers required the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad to build a new drawbridge over the Rouge River in 1920 -- to accommodate dredging for Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant -- the struggling railroad went to Henry Ford for a loan. Ford didn't just provide the money -- he bought the DT&I itself.
When the Army Corps of Engineers required the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad to build a new drawbridge over the Rouge River in 1920 -- to accommodate dredging for Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant -- the struggling railroad went to Henry Ford for a loan. Ford didn't just provide the money -- he bought the DT&I itself.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1925
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.O.11059
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: 7.75 in
Width: 9.75 in
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