Ford River Rouge Complex
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The Ford River Rouge Complex is a historic, vertically integrated Ford Motor Company manufacturing site in Dearborn, Michigan, renowned as one of the largest and most influential industrial complexes of the 20th century.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
historic site
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industrial complex → manufacturing plant → |
| architect |
Albert Kahn
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| constructionStart |
1917
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| country |
United States
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| currentUse |
automobile assembly and related manufacturing
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| designedFor |
vertical integration of manufacturing
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| hasPart |
assembly plant
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coke ovens → conveyor systems → foundry → glass plant → ore docks → power plant → railroad facilities → shipping docks → steel mill → |
| hasRenovation |
21st century sustainable plant redesign
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late 20th century modernization projects → |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark (complex elements and related sites)
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| historicalEvent |
major labor conflicts in early 20th century
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site of the 1932 Ford Hunger March → |
| inception |
1917
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| industrialType |
automotive manufacturing
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| influenced |
modern industrial plant design
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| influencedBy |
Henry Ford’s ideas on mass production
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| locatedNear |
Detroit River
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| locatedOn |
River Rouge
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| location |
Dearborn, Michigan
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| namedAfter |
River Rouge
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| notableFor |
being one of the largest integrated factories in the world
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influence on 20th-century industrial architecture → mass production of Ford automobiles → vertical integration from raw materials to finished automobiles → |
| operator |
Ford Motor Company
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| owner |
Ford Motor Company
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| partOf |
Ford Motor Company manufacturing system
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| peakEmployment |
over 100000 workers
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| peakPeriod |
1920s
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1930s → |
| primaryProduct |
Ford F-150 (later period assembly)
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Ford Model A → Ford Model T components → Ford Mustang (later period assembly) → |
| productionStart |
1918
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| significance |
key site in U.S. labor history
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symbol of American industrialization → |
| timePeriod |
20th century
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| touristAttraction |
offers factory tours through Ford Motor Company
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Referenced by (12)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Dearborn Assembly Plant
("Dearborn Truck Plant")
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Great Lakes Works → |
adjacentTo |
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Dearborn Assembly Plant
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Dearborn Assembly Plant ("Ford Rouge Center") → |
partOf |
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Dearborn, Michigan
("Ford Rouge Complex")
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contains |
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Dearborn
("Ford Rouge Complex")
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hasLandmark |
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The Henry Ford
("Ford Rouge Factory Tour")
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hasPart |
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Detroit Industry Murals
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influencedBy |
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Ford Motor Company headquarters
("Ford Rouge Complex")
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locatedNear |
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Greenfield Village
("Ford Rouge Factory Tour")
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near |
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River Rouge
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nearbyFacility |
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Ford River Rouge Complex
("offers factory tours through Ford Motor Company")
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touristAttraction |