Fordson Tractor Equipped with Snow Motor Screws, Keating Spur, L'Anse, Michigan, 1926
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Henry Ford purchased a lumber mill in L'Anse, Michigan, on Lake Superior in 1922. The complex included a sawmill, dry kilns, a planing mill, and a powerhouse -- all surrounded by 30,000 acres of hardwood forest. Up to 180,000 board feet of lumber were produced there each day and then shipped 80 miles south to Ford's factory at Iron Mountain.
Henry Ford purchased a lumber mill in L'Anse, Michigan, on Lake Superior in 1922. The complex included a sawmill, dry kilns, a planing mill, and a powerhouse -- all surrounded by 30,000 acres of hardwood forest. Up to 180,000 board feet of lumber were produced there each day and then shipped 80 miles south to Ford's factory at Iron Mountain.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
16 February 1926
Subject Date
16 February 1926
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.45928
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: 7.875 in
Width: 11 in
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