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Interior of the tool and ie building, Ford River Rouge plant, Dearborn Michigan. Here radically new techniques of mass production have been developed and put in use. Machine tools and dies produced at this plant themselves make mass production easier and more rapid in other factories throughout the country. The building covers 8 12 acres; employs 4,500 skilled workers; equipped with 3 million dollars worth of machinery. Many machinists are being trained for the Navy, here by mechanics, tool and die makers

Interior of the tool and ie building, Ford River Rouge plant, Dearborn...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

A scene in the Ford foundry, Detroit, Michigan. The foundry covers seventeen acres of land. Twenty-five tons of molten metal can be poured here every twenty-four hours. Worker in this photo is filling piston moulds. Twenty thousand pistons are cast every eight hours

A scene in the Ford foundry, Detroit, Michigan. The foundry covers sev...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Steel. Ford plant. A blast furnace being cast. Here the iron ore starts on its way to becoming an automobile part. The metal travels down sanded trenches; the trench to the left is conveying molten metal to giant ladles; trench on the right carries the slag off. Blast furnaces are cast in this manner about every six hours. Ford River Rouge plant, May 1941

Steel. Ford plant. A blast furnace being cast. Here the iron ore start...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Blitz buggies. This motor has just come off the conveyor line, and is being placed in the chassis. Ford River Rouge plant

Blitz buggies. This motor has just come off the conveyor line, and is ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

The Ford Motor Company has constructed and equipped, in eight months an airplane engine building. It covers 17.8 acres, will employ over 14,000 men, will turn out Pratt and Whitney engines at the rate of one an hour for sixteen hours a day. Building and machinery cost twenty-three million dollars. Photo shows three machines on truck, on their way to be installed in the new aircraft building

The Ford Motor Company has constructed and equipped, in eight months a...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Fabric for automobile tires in the process of manufacture. The fabric here is being wrapped around a collapsible drum. Ford River Rouge plant

Fabric for automobile tires in the process of manufacture. The fabric ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Charging one of the 180-ton hearth furnaces at a Midwest plant with pig iron. The charge consists of about fifty-two percent steel scrap and forty-eight percent molten iron

Charging one of the 180-ton hearth furnaces at a Midwest plant with pi...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

A white-hot steel ingot riding into the blooming mill. This ingot weighs about 2 12 tons. From it, bar and tool stock will be made. Ford River Rouge plant

A white-hot steel ingot riding into the blooming mill. This ingot weig...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

The power house is a vital part of the Ford River Rouge plant. Highest output per 24 hours: 4,071,060 kilowatt hours. Fuel consumption is 2500 tons of coal per day. Steam production at this fuel rate is 60,000,000 pounds

The power house is a vital part of the Ford River Rouge plant. Highest...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Hamburger? No, this is a straining machine. Rubber to be used for the manufacture of inner tubes is here being forced through a thirty mesh screen to remove dirt, sand, etc. Ford River Rouge plant

Hamburger? No, this is a straining machine. Rubber to be used for the ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Blitz buggies. Blitz buggy being given a test run after completion. The light truck is now ready for delivery to the U.S. Army. Ford River Rouge plant

Blitz buggies. Blitz buggy being given a test run after completion. Th...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

A few of the 10,000 tires produced each day at the Ford plant for cars, trucks, and tractors. Ford River Rouge plant

A few of the 10,000 tires produced each day at the Ford plant for cars...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Close view of a ladle being filled. After filling, the ladle is taken either to the open hearth foundry or pig casting house. Location: in a large easten steel plant

Close view of a ladle being filled. After filling, the ladle is taken ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

The body after being lowered, is securely fastened to the chassis and the headlights adjusted. Ford River Rouge plant

The body after being lowered, is securely fastened to the chassis and ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

This is the home port for twenty-nine ships in the Ford fleet. Coal, limestone and iron ore are basic products in the automotive industry. Storage bins at the plant here have a capacity of two million tons. Ford River Rouge plant, May 1941

This is the home port for twenty-nine ships in the Ford fleet. Coal, l...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Molten metal from blast furnaces arrives at the open hearth foundry where it is placed in a 600 ton mixing furnace, which maintains a temperature of 2100 degrees fahrenheit. The mixing furnace acts as a sort of thermos bottle, or ore storage tank. A worker is shown here preparing an open hearth furnace for charging

Molten metal from blast furnaces arrives at the open hearth foundry wh...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption edited by agency. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division.... More

Blitz buggies. After it has been totally assembled, the car is painted. Here the paint is being drilled under infrared rays, which process dries the paint from the inside out, thus giving it a slicker finish. Ford River Rouge plant

Blitz buggies. After it has been totally assembled, the car is painted...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Blitz buggies. The body is securely fastened to the chassis, and the headlights adjusted. Ford River Rouge plant

Blitz buggies. The body is securely fastened to the chassis, and the h...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Blitz buggies. Finished motors on the conveyor line, which is taking them to the assembly point in the plant. This conveyor line is part of a conveyor system 135 miles long throughout the plant. Ford River Rouge plant

Blitz buggies. Finished motors on the conveyor line, which is taking t...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Crude rubber, baled, in the storage room. This rubber will be used to make automobile tires and tubes. Ford River Rouge plant

Crude rubber, baled, in the storage room. This rubber will be used to ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

In the tool and die building at the River Rouge plant, vast facilities are being used to train personnel for the U.S. Navy. Here a naval cadet is setting up on a job on a lathe under the skilled supervision of a master mechanic

In the tool and die building at the River Rouge plant, vast facilities...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

After a casting is completed, a compressed air gun plugs the furnace wall with nine cubic feet of clay. Workers wear asbestos suits to shield them from the heat. Ford River Rouge plant, May 1941

After a casting is completed, a compressed air gun plugs the furnace w...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Workmen checking the temperature of magnesium alloy and "salting" the mixture (i.e., adding chemical necessary to the particular alloy combination at hand) before pouring it into the moulds. Ford River Rouge Foundry

Workmen checking the temperature of magnesium alloy and "salting" the ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Cleaning a finished magnesium casting. This particular casting is a part of the Pratt and Whitney airport engine. Ford River Rouge Foundary

Cleaning a finished magnesium casting. This particular casting is a pa...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

In the tool and die building at the River Rouge plant, vast facilities are being used to train personnel for the U.S. Navy. Here naval cadets are being instructed in lathe operation by the skilled instructor- mechanics

In the tool and die building at the River Rouge plant, vast facilities...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Inspection of a magnesium casting. This one is a crank case blower for an aircraft engine, and is being inspected here before being delivered to the machine shop for finishing. Ford River Rouge plant

Inspection of a magnesium casting. This one is a crank case blower for...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Under the supervision of naval officers, a vast training program is under way in the tool and die building at the Ford River Rouge plant. Here cadet-trainees are working under an officer's supervision. Ford River Rouge plant

Under the supervision of naval officers, a vast training program is un...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Blitz buggies. After the motor has been placed in the chassis and its connections made, the body is lowered into plane. Ford River Rouge plant

Blitz buggies. After the motor has been placed in the chassis and its ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More