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

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

1931

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 18.9 x 24.0 cm sheet: 20.3 x 25.4 cm

PH2000:0184

• interior view

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"

Dearborn; Michigan; United States;

• architecture
• design d'intérieur
• ingénierie

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