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Record Nr.

UNINA9910975436703321

Autore

Bryan Ford R (Ford Richardson)

Titolo

Rouge : pictured in its prime : covering the years 1917-1940 / / Ford R. Bryan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Detroit, : Wayne State University Press, c2003

ISBN

9780814336830

0814336833

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

629.2/34

Soggetti

Automobile factories - Michigan - Dearborn

Mass production - United States

Plant layout

Assembly-line methods

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- PROLOGUE -- 1 EARLY CONSTRUCTION -- 2 EAGLE BOATS -- 3 POWERHOUSE -- 4 BLAST FURNACES -- 5 FOUNDRY -- 6 COKE OVENS -- 7 STORAGE BINS -- 8 RAILROADS -- 9 CARPENTER SHOP -- 10 PAPER MILL -- 11 TRACTORS -- 12 MARINE OPERATIONS -- 13 DOCK OPERATIONS -- 14 SHIP SALVAGE -- 15 GLASS PLANT -- 16 CEMENT PLANT -- 17 BY-PRODUCTS -- 18 MOTOR BUILDING -- 19 PRESSED STEEL -- 20 OPEN HEARTH -- 21 ROLLING MILLS -- 22 SPRING AND UPSET -- 23 ELECTRIC FURNACES -- 24 MATERIALS TESTING -- 25 CHASSIS ASSEMBLY -- 26 BODY ASSEMBLY -- 27 PAINTING AND PLATING -- 28 FINAL ASSEMBLY -- 29 ENGINE RECONDITIONING -- 30 PRODUCT SHIPPING -- 31 TRADE AND APPRENTICE SCHOOLS -- 32 EMPLOYEE COMMUTE -- 33 WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES -- 34 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS -- 35 FOOD SERVICES -- 36 FORD COMMISSARIES -- 37 HOSPITAL -- 38 FIRE DEPARTMENT -- 39 ADMINISTRATION BUILDING -- 40 PHOTOGRAPHIC DEPARTMENT -- 41 FORD ROTUNDA -- 42 SOYBEAN OPERATIONS -- 43 TOOL-AND-DIE SHOP -- 44 TUNNELS -- 45 TIRE PLANT -- EPILOGUE.

Sommario/riassunto

An illuminating photographic tour of Henry Ford's famous Rouge plant-



an industrial site that signifies an era's triumph in integrated manufacturing and economic progress.