Ford Motor Company--Plant Construction--Dearborn Engineering Lab--1923-1924--Item55
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In 1923, construction began on Ford Motor Company's first purpose-built engineering laboratory building. The massive Albert Kahn-designed structure -- essentially a single light-filled room -- housed tool design, production engineering, and experimental engineering research departments. It also housed the offices and presses for the Dearborn Independent, and space for Henry Ford's growing artifact collection. The building was completed in December 1924.
In 1923, construction began on Ford Motor Company's first purpose-built engineering laboratory building. The massive Albert Kahn-designed structure -- essentially a single light-filled room -- housed tool design, production engineering, and experimental engineering research departments. It also housed the offices and presses for the Dearborn Independent, and space for Henry Ford's growing artifact collection. The building was completed in December 1924.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
15 May 1923
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.721.186
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.500 in
Width: 10.500 in
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