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Henry Ford's work in the area of historic preservation. Construction of Ford Museum and Historical Greenfield Village
Henry Ford works on historical preservation project. McGuffey readers are seen. Sketch of Ford family farm in Springwells, Michigan. View of homestead at the farm, that Ford restores. He examines the farm's steam engine. The historic Wayside Inn, in Sudbury, Massachusetts, which Ford purchased to construct a community of historic buildings. View of the restored Botsford Inn,Detroit, Michigan, that Ford bought in 1924.View of Eagle Tavern, in Clinton, Michigan,before,and,after its purchase and restoration by Henry Ford. Concerned about need for additional buildings to house artifacts, Henry Ford consulting with Detroit architect,Robert O. Derrick (with mustache) and two other men. Derrick's plan for the Henry Ford museum is unrolled. It borrows from Independence Hall, Congress Hall, and the old City Hall in Philadelphia.Views of the Clock Tower and museum, as completed in 1929. A pictorial map of the Edison Institute Museum and Historical Greenfield Village, in Dearborn, Michigan. View of construction begun in 1927. Thomas A. Edison laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey, that Ford acquired for Greenfield Village. On a windy September 17, 1928, Thomas A. Edison steps from a car, and pauses before entering the doorway of his restored laboratory, in Greenfield Village. Henry and Mrs.Ford step from their car to quickly join him in the building.Edsel Ford and his wife, also follow. Inside the building, Edison officially open the site by starting a steam engine in the laboratory. Ford and Edison converse (Ford speaking close to Edison's ear, because he is hard of hearing). Later, Edison, in a cornerstone ceremony, imbeds, a shovel contributed by Luther Burbank, and then writes in cement of the cornerstone.Newspapers show coverage of the formal dedication of the museum and Greenfield village, October 21, 1929. Workers rushing the Village toward completion for that event. The Smithcreek Railroad depot is moved to the Village. Workers preparing installation of the depot.
Aerial view of the Ford Airport and the adjoining area in Dearborn, Michigan, United States.
Aerial view of the Ford Airport, Dearborn, Michigan, United States. Aerial view of Mr Henry Ford's laboratory, office, factory, the main hangar group adjoining the airport and dirigible mooring tower built by Henry Ford. Some Ford Tri-Motor planes on the field. A man stands near a plane.
Inspection of the material and various stages of the production of Ford Tri-Motor at Ford Airport, Dearborn, Michigan.
Ford Tri-Motor production at Ford Airport, Dearborn, Michigan, United States. Workers inspect material. Men place sheets of metal on an already existing pile with the help of a pulley. Men place sheets of metal on a table and measure its length with the help of a measuring tape. A worker operates a machine. Stacks of equipment with the sizes written in front of the stacks. A worker measures the weight of a pipe with the help of a weighing machine. Alclad and Duraluminum alloy sheets which are used for building handled. The sheets corrugated by passing them through corrugating press. Roll of sheet taken out of a vat of hot liquid with the help of a pair of tongs. It is now dipped into another container of liquid. A worker operates a large press. The power press stamps out channel. Workers use a power buffer. A worker spray paints a part. Another worker inspects the parts and places them on shelves. Partially constructed Ford Tri-Motor. Workers install landing gear. Close view of a motor. Men at table upholster seat. A worker inside plane bolts a seat to the floor. Interior of the plane showing finished passenger compartment from the rear. Close view of the motor. A man inspects the motor and the tail assembly. Passengers seated inside the passenger airplane.
Tourists in buses to tour the Ford River Rouge Plants in Dearborn, Michigan. Aerial views of the Plants.
Ford Motor Company film about the Rouge River Plants in Dearborn Michigan. Aerial view of Detroit Michigan, showing major city buildings and waterfront, with ships tied up. steam locomotive pulls a long passenger train along track passing through industrial area. Sidewalk scene in front of a hotel in Detroit, Michigan, where tourists are boarding a tour bus to take them to the Ford Company plants. The bus drives along streets of Detroit. Scene shifts to tour buses arriving at the Ford Motor Company Administration Building. The tourists leave their buses and walk to entrance of the Building. Visitors are seen seated inside the building as a tour guide addresses them. They all leave and reboard their busses. Aerial views of the Rouge River plants are seen from a low flying airplane (not shown). Smoke rises from numerous factory stacks. Ships and barges load and unload raw materials and waste products. A Stout Airlines Ford Trimotor airplane flies past the camera plane.It displays the number 12 on its tail. Views of electrified rail yard with an electric locomotive pulling freight cars. A steam locomotive moving backwards on a different track.
Tour through the Ford Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan.
A travel guide points out plant sights such as Steel Rolling Mill, Blooming Mill and Open Hearth Furnace at The Ford Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan. Views from a moving bus of Pressed Steel, Spring and Upset Buildings and Glass Plant. View of foundry buildings and blast furnaces. Tourists get off of a bus at the main power plant. Tourists gathered at the door of power plant. Workers at huge switchboard.
Operations inside the Ford Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan.
View of coke ovens at the Ford Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan. Huge pile of coal. View of plant and conveyor system between the buildings. View of top of blast furnaces, hopper for charging them. View from yard of walkway and conveyor system into building. Shows coke oven discharging and car of flaming coke moving under quencher. Steam and smoke rise from the smokestacks. Coke goes through sorter. Coke on the conveyor. View of covered overhead walkway. Liquid runs over coils. Fertilizers drop into barrow from chute. Crane move fertilizer piled in building. Workers fill sacks with fertilizer.