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

People:

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

Title:

Interior view of machinery in the Power House for 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 25.4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0184

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 - Power House / showing End View of Two Duplex / Ingersoll Rand Water Vapor / Compressors.] / DATE TAKEN [1931] JOB No. [1077] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [from Owner - #20969 / 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 an end view of two duplex Ingersoll / Rand water vapor compressors, each set being driven by a / steam turbine. Each duplex unit has a rated capacity of / 320 tons, operating at a speed of 7200 RPM and using the / water from the ponds around the building for condensing. / The table shown between the two units with the 24 / indicating gauges gives complete operating information on / each unit." numbered - by an unknown hand, scratched ? in the negative, l.r.: "2096"

Location:

Dearborn; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture
interior design
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

stairs
windows
railing
columns (architectural elements)
industrial complex
industrial building
tanks (containers)
pipes (conduits)
machinery
automobile assembly plant
powerhouse
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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