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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bryan, Ford R. (Ford Richardson)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Automobile factories--Michigan--Dearborn.

Automobile factories.

Mass production--United States.

Mass production.

Plant layout.

Assembly-line methods.

Ford Motor Company. Rouge River Plant.

Ford Motor Company.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9780814336830

0814336833

OCLC:

797844351