"A Bit of the Rouge River," Michigan, circa 1910
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This photograph shows a section of Metro Detroit's River Rouge in 1910, around the time Henry Ford selected it as the site for a new factory. To accommodate large ships that would bring in raw materials or take finished product for delivery from the Ford Rouge plant, the lower part of the river had to be channelized, widened, and dredged.
This photograph shows a section of Metro Detroit's River Rouge in 1910, around the time Henry Ford selected it as the site for a new factory. To accommodate large ships that would bring in raw materials or take finished product for delivery from the Ford Rouge plant, the lower part of the river had to be channelized, widened, and dredged.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1910
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.1859.22
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: 6.75 in (Image is 4.75" x 6.5")
Width: 11.375 in (Image is 4.75" x 6.5")
Inscriptions
Handwritten in gold ink below image: A bit of the Rouge
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