Interior view of machinery in the Engineering Laboratory, Rouge River Plant, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan

People:

Unknown (photographer)
Albert Kahn, Inc. (architectural firm)
Ford Motor Company (role unspecified)

Title:

Interior view of machinery in the Engineering Laboratory, Rouge River Plant, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan

Date:

1931

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 18.9 x 24.0 cm sheet: 20.3 x 25.3 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0183

Point of View:

interior view

Inscription:

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.c.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS USED FOR PUBLICATION / PURPOSES CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO / ALBERT KAHN ASSOCIATES / ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS / Detroit, Michigan" labelled, imprinted, dated and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.c. to c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [FORD MOTOR COMPANY] / LOCATION [Dearborn, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION / [Engineering Laboratory] / DATE TAKEN [1931] JOB No. [1077] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Owner FILE N.]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label] labelled and imprinted - in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c.l. to c.r.: "This photograph shows the turbine or driving end of each / of the two duplex Ingersoll Rand water vapor compressors. / Note the clear space above the compressor. The steam / and exhaust mains as well as the condenser and chilled / water piping are serviced and maintained below the operating floor." numbered - by an unknown hand, scratched ? in the negative, l.r.: "20967"

Location:

Dearborn; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture
interior design
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

wall lamps
stairs
windows
railing
industrial complex
industrial building
pipes (conduits)
machinery
wall clock
automobile assembly plant
engineering building
laboratory
factory (structure)

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Federico Bucci/
Gift of Federico Bucci

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