Building for Quality
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: [part 2] Panoramic view of River Rouge plant. “Yet many can recall the time when the first Ford car was built in this little brick building.” Henry Ford’s first workshop. “Since that time more than 14,000,000 Ford cars have been produced and sold in every civilized country on earth.” “The principle of light construction was embodied in the first Ford car --” “-- and has been carried through the years to the modern Ford car.” Couple riding in early Ford car - man driving new Ford roadster. “Ownership of our mines and forests assures an uninterrupted supply of raw materials of high quality, free from market changes.” “Kentucky and West Virginia furnish the high grade coking coal necessary in the manufacture of Ford products.” Coal mine, mine cars, miners - coal digging machinery in operation, long line of loaded freight cars, mine town in background. “Lumber camps located in northern Michigan.” “Iron ore mine at Iron Mountain.” “Ore is brought to the Fordson plant in Ford ships.” Freighter under way - huge cranes unloading freighter at dock. “Uniform high quality in iron is maintained through operation of two huge blast furnaces at the Fordson plant.” Plant buildings. “Molten metal runs in a fiery stream from blast furnace.” “It pours into big ladles, mounted on cars and starts its way to the foundry.” Molten metal pouring into ladle car - train of ladle cars in plant yard - foundry interior, molten metal pouring into ladle. “In the world’s largest foundry, molten metal runs from cupolas to pouring ladles.” “Giant Huletts or cranes take the ore from the hull of the boat and dump it in the storage bins.” [1926]
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