Ford River Rouge Plant - Clio It took over a decade to build, from 1917 to 1928, and became the world's largest factory space for the time At its height, the complex consisted of around 2,000 acres with 100,000 employees that put out around 4,000 cars per day
River Rouge Plant | The Center for Land Use Interpretation The River Rouge Plant was developed as the principal plant for the Ford Motor Company, built between 1917 and 1938, designed for Henry Ford by Albert Kahn Nearly 100,000 people worked here at its peak
K-12 Research Guide: Ford Rouge Factory - AskUs At its peak in the 1930s, more than 100,000 people worked at the Rouge To accommodate it required a multi-station fire department, a modern police force, a fully staffed hospital and a maintenance crew 5,000 strong One new car rolled off the line every 49 seconds
Ford Rouge Factory History and Timeline | The Henry Ford As history now knows, Ford succeeded on an epic scale, rolling out 4,000 vehicles a day and employing more than 100,000 at its peak Today, the Rouge has undergone a sweeping transformation to become a model of 21st-century sustainable design
Ford River Rouge complex - Wikipedia The production of the warships led to the widening of the River Rouge, also allowing lake freighters to fit in it Ford produced tractors at the plant from 1921 to 1927, and following a five-month closure, began producing the Model A at the plant [18]
River Rouge Steel Plant | The Center for Land Use Interpretation Nearly 100,000 people worked here at its peak 3 3 million tons of steel are still produced there, though the operation has been independent from Ford since the 1980s, and is now owned by Severstal Steel, a Russian company
Ford River Rouge Complex - Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias Over 100, 000 workers were employed there in the 1930s Some of the Rouge buildings were designed by Albert Kahn His Rouge glass plant was regarded at the time as an exemplary and humane factory building, with its ample natural light coming through windows in the ceiling
Ford Rouge Complex - Detroit Historical Society Shortly after its groundbreaking, an explosion at the Rouge power plant killed six workers and injuring 14 others in a disaster remembered as one of the worst industrial accidents in Michigan history
Ford Rouge Plant Historical Marker At its peak in the 1930s, more than 100,000 people worked at the Rouge To accommodate them required a multi-station fire department, a modern police force, a fully staffed hospital and a maintenance crew 5,000 strong