Assembly Line Workers, Ford Rouge Plant, May 6, 1932

Summary

Ford Motor Company's system of mass production depended on the smooth flow of parts and materials to workers. Ford engineers designed the buildings and facilities at the company's massive Rouge plant with this in mind. The "B" Building, where vehicle assembly took place, included extensive conveyer systems to accommodate the continuous movement of parts and processes.

Ford Motor Company's system of mass production depended on the smooth flow of parts and materials to workers. Ford engineers designed the buildings and facilities at the company's massive Rouge plant with this in mind. The "B" Building, where vehicle assembly took place, included extensive conveyer systems to accommodate the continuous movement of parts and processes.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

06 May 1932

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.833.56955.5

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: 8.25 in

Width: 10.25 in

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