[TOUR THROUGH THE ROUGE PLANTS, A. PART 3] Part 2
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Trainload of hot ingots moving through plant yard - ingots being removed from soaking pit by crane, dropped into bloom mill, moving through mill, being rolled into rods - ingots moving through rolling mill - rods in bloom mill - hot pipe moving across machine knocking sand core out of it - steel bar being heated in furnace, shaped by presses - worker displaying forged ring gear, polished gear - machine in operation - machine cutting teeth on gear - hand displaying finished gear - machining crankshaft by machine - polishing camshaft by machine - worker assembling wire spokes to rim and hub, welding by machine - wheels on conveyors - large room with many presses, workers, body parts being stamped out - long row of electric furnaces, workers heating and shaping steel - long room, machines, workers - glass on conveyor, worker making cuts as glass passes him - workers removing sheets of glass from conveyor, placing it on polishing table - polisher in operation - workers washing polished glass - worker marking glass - workers at machines, small parts on overhead conveyors - workers removing engine assembly from overhead to belt conveyor - assembled engines moving on conveyor - workers removing body parts from conveyor - final assembly line - workers walking in plant yard, on overpass, streetcars, parking lot in background, buses and automobile traffic beneath overpass - workers driving and walking away from plant - business district, heavy traffic. “The End.” [1926]
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