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
instanceOf historic site
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
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
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

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Great Lakes Works adjacentTo Ford River Rouge Complex
Dearborn, Michigan, United States contains Ford River Rouge Complex
subject surface form: Dearborn, Michigan
this entity surface form: Ford Rouge Complex
Ford River Rouge Complex touristAttraction Ford River Rouge Complex self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: offers factory tours through Ford Motor Company
Dearborn Assembly Plant, Michigan partOf Ford River Rouge Complex
subject surface form: Dearborn Assembly Plant
Dearborn Assembly Plant, Michigan adjacentTo Ford River Rouge Complex
subject surface form: Dearborn Assembly Plant
this entity surface form: Dearborn Truck Plant
Dearborn Assembly Plant, Michigan partOf Ford River Rouge Complex
subject surface form: Dearborn Assembly Plant
this entity surface form: Ford Rouge Center
Dearborn hasLandmark Ford River Rouge Complex
this entity surface form: Ford Rouge Complex
The Henry Ford (museum complex) hasPart Ford River Rouge Complex
subject surface form: The Henry Ford
this entity surface form: Ford Rouge Factory Tour
Ford Motor Company headquarters locatedNear Ford River Rouge Complex
this entity surface form: Ford Rouge Complex
Greenfield Village near Ford River Rouge Complex
this entity surface form: Ford Rouge Factory Tour
River Rouge nearbyFacility Ford River Rouge Complex
Detroit Industry Murals influencedBy Ford River Rouge Complex
Albert Kahn designed Ford River Rouge Complex
Charles Sheeler notableWork Ford River Rouge Complex
this entity surface form: River Rouge Plant
Rouge River adjacentTo Ford River Rouge Complex
subject surface form: Rouge River (Michigan)