Ore Bridge Crane at Ford Rouge Plant, 1932
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The suspended bucket in this photograph is an ore unloader. Workers at docks on the River Rouge scooped iron ore from the holds of freighters into the jaws of these unloaders. The large aerial shovels carried their loads along transfer cranes and deposited them into concrete-walled storage bins. Workers at Ford's Rouge Plant used the ore to produce steel.
The suspended bucket in this photograph is an ore unloader. Workers at docks on the River Rouge scooped iron ore from the holds of freighters into the jaws of these unloaders. The large aerial shovels carried their loads along transfer cranes and deposited them into concrete-walled storage bins. Workers at Ford's Rouge Plant used the ore to produce steel.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
22 June 1932
Subject Date
1932
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.189.10064
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 11 in
Width: 7.5 in
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