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.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ford River Rouge Complex canonical | 6 |
| Ford Rouge Complex | 3 |
| Ford Rouge Factory Tour | 2 |
| Dearborn Truck Plant | 1 |
| Ford Rouge Center | 1 |
| River Rouge Plant | 1 |
| offers factory tours through Ford Motor Company | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic site
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industrial complex ⓘ manufacturing plant ⓘ |
| architect | Albert Kahn ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1917 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currentUse | automobile assembly and related manufacturing ⓘ |
| designedFor | vertical integration of manufacturing ⓘ |
| hasPart |
assembly plant
ⓘ
coke ovens ⓘ conveyor systems ⓘ foundry ⓘ glass plant ⓘ ore docks ⓘ power plant ⓘ railroad facilities ⓘ shipping docks ⓘ steel mill ⓘ |
| hasRenovation |
21st century sustainable plant redesign
ⓘ
late 20th century modernization projects ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
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surface form:
National Historic Landmark (complex elements and related sites)
|
| historicalEvent |
major labor conflicts in early 20th century
ⓘ
site of the 1932 Ford Hunger March ⓘ |
| inception | 1917 ⓘ |
| industrialType | automotive manufacturing ⓘ |
| influenced | modern industrial plant design ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Henry Ford’s ideas on mass production ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Detroit River ⓘ |
| locatedOn | River Rouge ⓘ |
| location |
Dearborn, Michigan, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Dearborn, Michigan
|
| namedAfter | River Rouge ⓘ |
| 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 ⓘ |
| owner | Ford Motor Company ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ford Motor Company
ⓘ
surface form:
Ford Motor Company manufacturing system
|
| peakEmployment | over 100000 workers ⓘ |
| peakPeriod |
1920s
ⓘ
1930s ⓘ |
| primaryProduct |
Ford F-Series
ⓘ
surface form:
Ford F-150 (later period assembly)
Ford Model A (1927) ⓘ
surface form:
Ford Model A
Ford Model T components ⓘ Ford Mustang ⓘ
surface form:
Ford Mustang (later period assembly)
|
| productionStart | 1918 ⓘ |
| significance |
key site in U.S. labor history
ⓘ
symbol of American industrialization ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| touristAttraction |
Ford River Rouge Complex
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
offers factory tours through Ford Motor Company
|
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Dearborn, Michigan
this entity surface form:
Ford Rouge Complex
this entity surface form:
offers factory tours through Ford Motor Company
subject surface form:
Dearborn Assembly Plant
subject surface form:
Dearborn Assembly Plant
this entity surface form:
Dearborn Truck Plant
subject surface form:
Dearborn Assembly Plant
this entity surface form:
Ford Rouge Center
this entity surface form:
Ford Rouge Complex
subject surface form:
The Henry Ford
this entity surface form:
Ford Rouge Factory Tour
this entity surface form:
Ford Rouge Complex
this entity surface form:
Ford Rouge Factory Tour
this entity surface form:
River Rouge Plant
subject surface form:
Rouge River (Michigan)