Brochure, "Ford Charcoal Briquets, Fuel of a Hundred Uses," 1935-1941
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Ford Motor Company sawmills created heaps of wood wastes. Some was used to produce steam for factory operations. The rest was carbonized and compressed into charcoal. Workers mixed charred hardwood chips with starch, forming nearly 100 tons of charcoal briquettes each day. This 1930s brochure suggests the many uses for this Ford byproduct.
Ford Motor Company sawmills created heaps of wood wastes. Some was used to produce steam for factory operations. The rest was carbonized and compressed into charcoal. Workers mixed charred hardwood chips with starch, forming nearly 100 tons of charcoal briquettes each day. This 1930s brochure suggests the many uses for this Ford byproduct.
Artifact
Brochure
Subject Date
1935-1941
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.554.13
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 5.875 in
Width: 3.375 in
Inscriptions
Text on front cover: Ford / CHARCOAL BRIQUETS / FUEL OF A / HUNDRED USES ...
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