# DIE HERSTELLUNG EINES FORDWAGENS. \[PART 1\]

DIE HERSTELLUNG EINES FORDWAGENS. \[PART 1\] Produced: 1926 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Ford Automobile Manufacturing. River Rouge plant - molten metal in ladles - ladles on special cars from foundry - molten metal in bars - pile of ingots - exterior view of River Rouge plant - electromagnetic crane in operation in plant yard - machinery in operation in plant - forming of engine blocks, worker remove molds - marking engine blocks - sand blasting engine blocks - block placed on conveyor belt - workers guide bucket of molten metal on overhead rail - molten metal is poured in engine block molds - block removed from mold - blocks carried by tongs attached to overhead conveyor belt - blocks on overhead and waist level conveyor belts - workers on assembly line - workers slide blocks from conveyor belt - cutting machinery in operation - engine blocks on conveyor belt as workers perform various processes - distant view of similar scene - blocks go around a 360° circle at end of conveyor belt, return along parallel belt - tapped blast furnace - filled bucket removed by overhead mechanical arms - bucket is dumped mechanically - mechanical arm removes bucket - pouring molten metal - forming ingots - ingots move out of foundry on flatcars - ingots are mechanically hoisted and dropped into large presses - ingots in form of bars are moved by rollers through heavy machinery. \[1925\] https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93201

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1926
- By: National Archives
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/fc-fc-4089)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
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