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- Black and white photographic postcard showing aerial view of the Ford Rouge complex. Printed on verso: THE ROUGE PLANT is one of the largest industrial centers in the world. It has an area of 1,906 acres, 14 miles of roadways, 92 miles of railway track and 1 1/3 miles of docks. It includes blast furnaces, open hearth and steel mill, glass plant, foundry, paper mill, cement plant, body plant, coke ovens, power plant and motor assembly plant where new Model A engines are built. Printed by The Garraway Company, Rutherford, New Jersey.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
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- Black and white photographic postcard depicting an aerial view of the Rouge Plant Docks at the Ford Motor Company. Printed on verso: DOCKS AT THE ROUGE PLANT are 1-1/3 miles long and are on the Rouge River. Here Ford ships and other Great Lakes Freighters bring in great cargoes of iron ore, coal, limestone and lumber used in the manufacture of Ford cars and trucks. The storage bins have a capacity of 2,000,000 tons. Printed by The Garraway Company, Rutherford, New Jersey.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
